Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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pre-forwarding

The processes in bookbinding preliminary to the gluing-up of the spine, including folding, gathering, insertion of illustrations, collating, and sewing. Sewing is often considered to be a forwarding operation, rather than a pre-forwarding one. (157 )




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