case binding
A general term for a method of bookbinding,
introduced in Great Britain in the 1820s. in which
the case (covers) of the book is made separately
(and, in edition binding, usually in large
numbers) from the book (the text block and
endpapers) and later attached to it by gluing the
board papers of the text block to the inside of
the boards of the case. This operation is known
asCASING-IN . Case
binding is distinguished from those methods of
binding in which the covers are not made
separately, as in craft bookbinding IN BOARDS (1) . Case
binding is the principal method employed in both
edition and library binding. (203 , 276 , 355 )
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