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  2. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin - Wikipedia

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    Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French: [ʒozɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods. Although he did not invent the guillotine and opposed ...

  3. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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    Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern publishing, by a series of automated processes. Firstly, one binds the sheets of papers along an edge with a thick needle and strong thread. One can also use loose-leaf rings, binding posts, twin ...

  4. Letter of resignation - Wikipedia

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    A formal letter with minimal expression of courtesy is then-President Richard Nixon's letter of resignation under the terms of a relatively unknown law passed by Congress March 1, 1792, [1] likely drafted in response to the Constitution having no direct procedure for how a president might resign.

  5. Bookbindings in the British Library - Wikipedia

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    The original tooled red goatskin binding of the 7th century St Cuthbert Gospel is the earliest surviving Western binding. The British Library contains a wide range of fine and historic bookbindings; however, books in the Library are organised primarily by subject rather than by binding so the Library has produced a guide to enable researchers to identity bindings of interest.

  6. Secret Belgian binding - Wikipedia

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    Secret Belgian binding. The Secret Belgian Binding is a method of bookbinding that uses a primary and a secondary sewing, resulting in a distinct thread pattern on the cover and spine of the finished book. The primary sewing is used to create the textblock. The secondary sewing is used to bind the textblock to the cover boards.

  7. Finishing (bookbinding) - Wikipedia

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    In bookbinding, finishing refers to the process of decorating the outside of a book, including the lettering of the spine and covers, any additional tooling, and any inlays and onlays. Finishing can also include the gilding or other decoration of the edges of the book's pages. Example of blind tooling a book binding with exquisite detail.

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