Hand Bookbindings

[aadams73]

Courtesy of http://www.bibi.org I found these amazing bookbindings. *Sigh* I wish books still came this way.

http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/hb/index.html

Enjoy!

[emeraldcite]

Quite impressive covers. I have a few handbound journals purchased from artisans at a festival. They're rough, yet beautiful. I wonder what it was like to hold a book like that when printing was more rare than it is today...

[aadams73]

I'd love to own some, I'm quite sure I'd appreciate them on a daily basis. I bet they feel wonderful!

[emeraldcite]

I have a few handbound books that are from the early 1800s. They are quite nice. Delicate. Time has not treated them well.