Note 32 — Chapter IX · LAYING & BURNISHING GOLD Tools & Materials — Laying the Ground — Laying the Gold-Leaf — Burnishing the Gold — Remedying Faults in Gilding — Gold Writing — Other Methods & Recipes for Gilding — Appendix on Gilding (by Graily Hewitt).
Reading edition
Vide D. Cockerell, “Bookbinding and the Care of Books,” p. 81.