Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

R

• rabbit back
• rabbit skin glue
• raddle
• rag board
• rag book paper
• raised bands
• raising
• ramie
• range
• Ranger, Edmund
• raspail test
• rasped
• Ratcliff, John
• rattle
• rawhide
• rayon
• r.e
• reactive dyes
• ream
• rebacked
• rebind
• rebinding
• rebound
• rebuilding corners
• rebuilding old covers
• recased
• receptivity
• recessed-cord sewing
• reclaimed papers
• reconstructed binding
• rectangular style
• recto
• red decay
• red earth
• red edges
• red heat
• red marble
• red ocher
• red porphyry marble
• reds
• reducing the grain
• red under gold edges
• red wallet
• reed
• refiner
• refining
• reflectance
• refraction
• register
• registered cutting machine
• rehinged
• reinforced
• reinforced binding
• reinforced library binding
• reinforcing fabric
• rejointed
• relative humidity
• remainder binding
• remargined
• remboîtage
• removable press
• Renaissance ornament
• repousé
• reproduction paper
• reptile calf
• rescript
• reset
• resewing
• resilience of leather
• resin
• resin milk
• resinoids
• resinous adhesives
• resistance of leather to acid
• resistance to grain cracking
• resistance to wear
• resite
• resitol
• resizing
• resol
• restoration
• restored
• restrike
• retanning
• retention
• reticular layer
• reticulin.
• retrogradation
• retrospective binders
• retting
• reverse calf
• reverse cover
• reversed cloth
• reversed fold book
• reversed nonpareil marble
• reversed v-guard
• reversible cloth
• reversion
• rexine
• Reynes John
• R.H
• rhea
• rheology
• rice glue
• rice marble
• rice paper
• Richenback, Johann
• ricing
• right angle fold
• right reading
• right side
• ring binder
• ring color test
• ringing out
• ring test
• Rivieré, Robert
• roan
• rock marble
• roll
• rolled-back
• rolled edges
• rolled pattern
• roller backer
• roller basil
• roller shoes
• rolling
• rolling machine
• Romanesque bindings
• Roman numerals
• room-temperature setting adhesive
• rope pattern
• rosin
• rosin size
• rotary board cutter
• rotary gatherer
• rough calf
• rough cut
• rough gilt
• rough tanned
• rough trimmed
• roulette
• round back
• round corner
• round cornering
• round cornering machine
• round corner lapper
• rounded and backed
• roundel
• rounding
• rounding and backing machine
• roundlet
• round plow
• Roxburghe style
• royal bindings
• Roycroft
• rub
• rubber adhesives
• rubber-back binding
• rubbing-off chest
• rubbing-up stick
• rub-off
• rubric
• rubricated; rubrication; rubricator; rubrisher
• Ruette, Macé
• ruling
• ruling inks
• ruling machines
• run in
• running out
• run out
• run pelts
• run-through ruling
• run-up gilt back
• russet
• Russia bands
• Russia calf
• Russia cowhide
• Russia leather