Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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burnt sugar

One of the coloring materials which, when dissolved in water, can be used to restore the proper tone or shade to the leaves of a book that have been washed. The burnt sugar is added to the resizing bath, and the paper is "toned" at the same time it is sized. (154 )




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