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A binding made of single sheets stuck together at the back with glue or paste. See also sewn binding.
Bookto glue pictures and patterns. In the album because of the content-applying Ausgleichsfälze must be stapled or it must be etched with a soft, resilient back. The former family albums were equipped with Patentfälzen and scenes for inserting photographs drawn on cardboard. Between pages often glassine is included to protect the photographs.
A salt used to prepare a skin for binding, rendering it soft, flexible, and white in colour. See also tawing.
Animal glueis water-soluble, natural glue, animal waste from the higher animals ("leimgebende body") obtained by boiling. This produces a curd, which is thus in the dry state and as "glue". Its aromatic odor reminiscent of a meat broth.
A paper rough to the touch, lightweight, often bulky, but with little size.
The basic size in the ISO (International Standards Organization) series of papers and boards. A0 equals 1189 x 841 mm (i.e. one square metre).
A paper originally made from esparto grass fibre, coated with china clay and casein glue and glazed with rollers under pressure. Traditionally used for halftone printing.
An heraldic term used to describe a pattern comprising closely spaced parallel, diagonal lines.