hand sewing
The process of sewing a book by hand. Although it
is generally assumed to mean sewing through the
folds of the sections, it may also refer to the
sewing of sections, or, more often, leaves through
the side, i.e.,OVERSEWING ,SIDE SEWING , the
strengthening of the first and last sections or
leaves of a sewn book by means of OVERCASTING , or the
re-attachment or replacement of endpapers by the
same means. See:FLEXIBLE SEWING ;RECESSED-CORD SEWING
;SADDLE SEWING ;TAPE SEWING (1) .
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