Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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mistletoe tool

A finishing tool which, despite its name, impresses a design more like a feather than a mistletoe leaf. Apparently it was first used on Irish bindings about 1766, and was afterwards used on the spine panels of Irish bindings of about 1780. (96 , 156 )




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