Combination cover

The combination cover is a type of hand-made book cover that is bound with extensive machine support by means of machine stitching, leather sharpening and gold stamping . He combines the techniques of hand binding with those of machine bound bindings. Similar to the Franz tape, it is bound on a deep fold, the spine is not attached directly to the stitching .

It corresponds to the aesthetics and quality of the Franz tape, but is faster and cheaper to manufacture. It is also known as a binding with a “simulated deep fold”, as a “pseudo Franz band”, as an “imitation Franz band” or as a “combination French band”.

About this technique, Hermann Nitz first published About a New Binding Type at Spamer in 1923.

Web links

• Peter D. Verheyen: Hermann Nitz's combination binding. January 30, 2016, accessed January 20, 2017 . 

literature

• Hermann Nitz: About a new type of cover . Spamer, Leipzig 1923.
• Hermann Nitz: The technique of book binding (=  Berlin bibliophile treatises . Volume 8 ). Publication Commission of the Berlin Bibliophile Evening, Berlin 1931.
• Julius Zeitler: Modern cover decoration . In: German art and decoration: illustr. Monthly booklets for modern painting, sculpture, architecture, home art etc. artistic women work . tape 57.1925–1926 , ZDB -ID 501099-8 , p. 288-290 .
• Heinrich Lueers: The specialist knowledge of the bookbinder; Preparation book on d. Subject examinations d. Bookbinding trade . 3rd edition Hettler, Stuttgart 1943, p. 271-272 .
• Gustav Moessner: Bookbinder ABC . Zanders Feinpapiere, Bergisch Gladbach 1981, p. 64 .
• Gerhard Zahn: Basic knowledge for bookbinders: focus on individual production . Verl. Beruf + Schule, Itzehoe 1990, p. 207-209 .