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Bookbinding

LC control no.sh 85015705
LC classificationZ266 Z275 Book trade
Z700 Libraries
Topical headingBookbinding
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Variant(s)Bibliopegy
Binding of books
See alsoPrint finishing processes
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Found inBookman's glossary, 1983: binding (the structural materials that hold a book together; in book manufacturing the process of assembling the finished books, includes folding, gathering, collating, sewing, tipping, gluing off, trimming, rouding, and backing, lining, casing-in, jacketing. Analytical bibliography, also known as critical bibliography, the study of books as physical objects, of the materials of which books are made, and the way in which they are put together, with the ultimate purpose of resolving questions of a book's origin, history, and text)
English and American bookbinding : modern bibliopegy at its best, 1973.
OED online, Aug. 12, 2020: bibliopegy (bookbinding as a fine art)
Merriam-Webster online, Aug. 12, 2020: bibliopegy (the art of binding books)