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backing
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Note
The process of creating backing joints usually to accommodate the boards of a book. Backing joints can come in a variety of shapes (quadrant, slight, square, angled). The process of backing can be carried out either by lacing the boards on tightly and pulling them shut or by means of a backing hammer applied to a bookblock locked up in a press.
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Source
Etherington & Roberts (1982)
Roberts, Matt, Don Etherington, and Margaret R. Brown. 1982. Bookbinding and the conservation of books: a dictionary of descriptive terminology. Washington: Library of Congress.
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AAT
The Arts and Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute.
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