Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
flat spine
The shape given to books in the 1820s. They were not the same as the
FLAT BACK BINDING
because they were backed but not rounded, or had very little rounding. The flat spine and
HOLLOW BACK
came into use at about the same time. (
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