cut-solid edges

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cut-solid edges
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plain cut edges
Note (en)
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The edges of an assembled bookblock which have been cut overall to produce a smooth edge. Such edges may be cut by either a draw-knife or a plough and would be suitable then for colouring, gilding, polishing, etc. Cutting the edges of a book makes the leaves easier to turn and keep clean, and until the beginning of the 19th century, were generally preferred to uncut edges.
Note (nb)
Note
Bokblokkens kanter beskjæres med kniv eller høvel for å gjøre dem glatte, dette gjør det enklere å bla i boken og holde kantene rene. Snitt må beskjæres som forberedelse til dekorering med farge, gull, polering m.m.
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