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Bookbinder's bone paper folder

Bookbinders paper folder in bone. Long curved strip of bone.

 

Accession Number: hh.3625.4.72

 

This tool would have been used by the bookbinder to help them to manipulate and fold leather, paper and book coverings.

 

Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between City of Edinburgh Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by City of Edinburgh Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org

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Uploaded on December 21, 2009
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