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Tag Archives: Book Binding
Book Hero
Over the years I have found myself doing minor repairs and restorations on books in my own collection and occasionally on books that I have sold. None of the projects compares to the amazing work of Japanese artisan and book … Continue reading
Anthropodermic bibliopegy is not cool
Harvard University Library has reported that it has removed a volume bound in human skin from its collection. A copy of the 19th-century book Des Destinées de l’Ame — or Destinies of the Soul, a meditation on life after death … Continue reading
Judging a Book by Its Cover
One of New York City’s best tourist attractions for book lovers The Grolier Club starts 2024 off with an impressive exhibition detailing the history and aesthetics of fine bookbindings. Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of The Grolier Club, 1470s-2020 which … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Book Arts, Book Binding, Grolier Club, New York City
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Poison Book Project
Just in case you needed another reason to wash your hands these days… The bright emerald green cloth on the books (above & below) gets its intense color from copper acetoarsenite, more commonly known as arsenic. The inorganic pigment was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Museums, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Book Binding, Book collecting, Winterthur
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Blue Monday
h/t Michael Moon
Travel Between The Pages 