A Plea for the Lords, / and / House of Peers / or / A full, necessary / seasonable, enlarged Vindication / of the just, antient [sic] hereditary Right of the Lords, Peers, / and Barons of this Realm to sit, vote, judge in all the / Parliaments of England.

William Prynne Esquire, a Bencher of Lincolnes Inne.

The original cords were dampened using SCMC, and over sewn with a linen braid support and 60/3 cotton thread. The entirety of the spine was lined with a layer of medium weight Japanese paper and paste, and then a layer of aero cotton was adhered over the entirety of the spine. The linen braid was trimmed and glued (using EVA) to the boards. The aero cotton spine lining was also glued to the boards, forming a second hinge in addition to the leather joint.

A semi-alum tawed calfskin from Hewit's was toned using Sellaset dyes to match the existing leather, and then pared. To form the spine liner for the book, the volume was wrapped in cling film and placed in a finishing press. Seven layers of medium weight Japanese paper were used in total. These were dampened with wheat starch paste before being formed over the spine, where they were worked over the cords using a damp sponge and bone folder. The spine liner was allowed to dry in place, and then trimmed to size at the shoulders, head, and tail.

The leather was redampened and repasted, paste now being applied to the areas of the leather around the spine liner. The boards (under the lifted leather) were given a layer of paste to encourage adhesion of the leather. The leather was worked into place, by lining the spine liner up with the raised cords, and then smoothing the leather onto the boards. The turn-ins were then formed, and the headcaps.

The leather which was lifted from the board edges, and the fragments of original leather from the spine, were reattached using EVA.