Sentence:  In plate II. are design for two backs of books. The first figure, which presents an appearance of exceeding richness, is executed with one sole tool, viz. No. 10, and a small <WSD>gouge</WSD> for the sides of the lettering-piece. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.