Tag Archive: bookbinding

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   — 13th December 2016

   Early bindings at Chetham’s library – part 2 (Leather)

   For much of the early history of printing, books were distributed unbound by printers due to the high costs involved with book binding. This expense was often passed on to...

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   — 25th November 2016

   Early bindings at Chetham’s library – part 1 (Vellum)

   This afternoon’s blog post is the first of two that are a part of the work done by Nathan Shipstone, here with us this year as part of a highly...

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