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The Art of Bookbinding
Professional bookbinder Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf offers his step-by-step guide on how to properly bind books, the materials required, and the period styles to choose from ? with more than 70 illustrations. Designed for beginners who hold no more than a sparing knowledge of tool work, this guide offers a complete demonstration on how to properly bind a book. Readers are taken through the preparatory stages, through the acquisition of the right equipment, to the practical elements of trimming, beating, pasting and gluing binding to a book. A variety of period patterning styles are shown, their origins ranging from the Medieval/Renaissance period, to the Enlightenment and the modern eras. Although written for amateurs, early editions of Zaehnsdorf's guidebook met high demand among professional bookbinders and hobbyists alike. The uniform high quality of his guidance, enhanced by numerous practical pointers imbued by the decades the author spent binding books, resulted in wide appreciation.
The Art of Bookbinding
Professional bookbinder Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf offers his step-by-step guide on how to properly bind books, the materials required, and the period styles to choose from - with more than 70 illustrations. Designed for beginners who hold no more than a sparing knowledge of tool work, this guide offers a complete demonstration on how to properly bind a book. Readers are taken through the preparatory stages, through the acquisition of the right equipment, to the practical elements of trimming, beating, pasting and gluing binding to a book. A variety of period patterning styles are shown, their origins ranging from the Medieval/Renaissance period, to the Enlightenment and the modern eras. Although written for amateurs, early editions of Zaehnsdorf's guidebook met high demand among professional bookbinders and hobbyists alike. The uniform high quality of his guidance, enhanced by numerous practical pointers imbued by the decades the author spent binding books, resulted in wide appreciation.
The Art of Bookbinding
Excerpt from The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise Joseph Zaehnsdorf was born at Pesth in 1816. He served his apprenticeship with Herr Krupp of Stuttgart and then moved on as a journeyman to work for Stephan in Vienna. He had a brother who was an established jeweller in London, and on a visit to London he decided to stay on and work for Wesley, and then Mackenzie, who at that time was considered to be the best bookbinder in London. Here he remained until 1842 when he set up in business on his own account, the business flourishing until he died in 1886, when his son, born in 1853 in London, took over. Joseph Zaehnsdorf fils was a practical bookbinder, and the author of The Art of Bookb...
The Art of Bookbinding
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