oversewing

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oversewing
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Note
The process of sewing groups of leaves to sewing supports in a process similar to stitching, but incoporating the sewing supports at the same time. A complete textblock may therefore have multiple oversewn groups of leaves. Oversewing is most often found on books consisting entirely of or with large numbers of single leaves.
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Source

Middleton (1994, 4th ed.)

Bernard Middleton, A history of English Craft Bookbinding Techniques, New Castle, London, Oak Knoll Press, The British Library, 1994 (4th ed.)

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pp. 24-25

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