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Bookbinding

Before large-scale factories started churning out books at a massive pace, bookbinding was a highly esteemed craft practiced for centuries. Whether it's for letterpress binding or stationery binding, bookbinding is a fascinating process.

Sundsvall Museum

Bokbindarkurs.

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

A child's view of bookbinding, 1802. This image and description of a bookbinder comes from a very rare series of boxed educational cards showing a variety of trades, and two explanatory miniature books. The card shows a woman at a sewing frame sewing …

Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

Upplands Museum

Almqvist & Wiksell Pryckeri AB, Västra ÅAl16, Kaniken district, Uppsala, interior 1955

Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

Upplands Museum

Almqvist & Wiksell Pryckeri AB, Västra ÅAl16, Kaniken district, Uppsala, interior 1955

Upplands Museum

Almqvist & Wiksell Pryckeri AB, Västra ÅAl16, Kaniken district, Uppsala, interior 1955

Västergötlands Museum

Västergötlands Tryckeri. Sigge "Nott" Norrman i bokbinderiet, 1958.

Museum in Falköping

(The apprentice staples) “for machine.” From the exhibition “Falköping in picture” 1952.

Upplands Museum

Historical event, name related to objek: Uppsala läns landsting

German Documentation Center for Art History - Marburg Picture Index
Upplands Museum

Edit Eriksson “fits here books to be glued,” the paper department at Landstingets workshops for rehabilitation in Stabby backe; Historical event, name related to objek: Uppsala läns landsting

Hälsinglands Museum

Sverige, Hälsingland, Gävleborg, Bollnäs, Rengsjö, Rengsjö (Avbildad, ort)

German Documentation Center for Art History - Marburg Picture Index
Örebro County Museum

Old South 27 January 1970

Sundsvall Museum

Interiör från verksamheten vid Nyman & Jonssons tryckeri och bokbinderi vid Trädgårdsgatan 16. Från vänster: Georg Hansson, Göran Sjöberg, Alf Strandberg, Ralf Dufvenberg och Ove Svensson.

Herzog August Library
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

A Dutch bookbinder's workshop, c. 1700 This detailed engraving of a bookbinder's shop placed above a pious verse shows a binder seated at a sewing frame sewing a book while another binder stands at a post, beating folded printed sheets. A bookbind…

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Framed picture of a bookbinder. Small graphic, art, fonts

Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Relieur, presse et développmens. ; Lucotte del. ; Benard fecit.

Jamtli

Photo borrowed from Hembygdsförening.; Per Åkesson shows bookbinding. See Comparison 1986, page 275.

Blekinge Museum

Sölvesborg’s Letterpress AB Founded in 1905. Bookbinder Johannes Ågren second from right.

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History

The Pinkus family were textile manufacturers. The factory in Neustadt, Upper Silesia (now Prudnik, Poland), was one of the largest producers of fine linens in the world.; Joseph Pinkus became a partner in the firm S. Fraenkel when he married Auguste Fraen…

Jamtli

Medborgarskolan bokbinderikurs.

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Small graphic, blazon, bookbinding press, putto, big book, art.

Wellcome Collection

Photograph to show the binding of the book

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Bookbinder and his workshop. Small graphic, art, jug, table

Nottingham City Museums and Galleries

Used for rounding spires of leather-bound books. Stands on four feet which are part of the structure. Two cog wheels on one side of the machine, flywheel and operating wheel on the other side. Wooden platform at the front for placing books on. Mounted ove…

Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Booklet, small graphic, art, bookbinder.