Doublure (bookbinding)

Doublures are protected from wear, compared to the outside of a book, and thus offer bookbinders scope for elaborate decoration.

Tooled doublures are found in French bookbinding of the seventeenth century:[2] in particular, they are associated with the books of the Jansenist sect, which were extremely simple on the outside, while they had gilding on the doublure.

[3] One of the bookbinders known for his Jansenist-style bindings was Luc-Antoine Boyet, binder to Louis XIV.

The term Jansenist is also applied to bindings in this style of a much later date.

Bagguley patented a process for tooling in colours called the "Sutherland binding" which was principally employed on doublures.