Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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hand letters

Individual letters, numerals, etc., cut in brass and attached to wooden or asbestos handles, and used to letter a book by hand. The alternative to hand letters is brass type assembled in a PALLET (2) and used to letter a complete line of type at one time. (161 , 236 )




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