Books Will Speak Plain
Books Will Speak Plain: A Handbook for Identifying and Describing Historical Bindings by Julia Miller, Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2010.
Collection of the University of Chicago
Goatskin fine binding sewn on flattened cords, hand sewn silk headbands, head edge sponged with acrylic inks and sprinkled with gold leaf. Marbled endpapers with leather hinge. Dust jacket bound in. Tooling in blind and 23 kt gold foil emphasizes location of sewing supports and lacing-on, turn-ins, fills, sanding of boards, and formation of corners. Bound 2013.
10.25 x 7.5 x 1.75”
26 x 19 x 4 cm
Cutaway models are an interesting engineering problem, and very useful for teaching. I’ve made cut-away or partially-finished models of most of the structures I use, and this binding was the next challenge in the progression. The tooling further illuminates aspects of structure and process.
