Galéria

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.

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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 …

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Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

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Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

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Upplands Museum

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

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Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

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Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

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Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

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Gävleborg County Museum

Skrivrit på Alderholmen. Januari 1945

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Upplands Museum

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

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Upplands Museum

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

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Västergötlands Museum

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

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Museum in Falköping

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

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Upplands Museum

Historical event, name related to objek: Uppsala läns landsting

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German Documentation Center for Art History - Marburg Picture Index
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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

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Hälsinglands Museum

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

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

Old South 27 January 1970

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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.

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Herzog August Library
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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…

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Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Akantuszleveles keretben könyvkötő mester, feje fölött RW. Anyag és technika: klisényomat, vonalas klisé Kisgrafika, művészet

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Wellcome Collection

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

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Jamtli

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

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Blekinge Museum

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

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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…

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Jamtli

Medborgarskolan bokbinderikurs.

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Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Címerpajzsban könyvkötő-prés,rajta ülő puttó nagy könyvvel... Anyag és technika: klisényomat,vonalas klisé. Kisgrafika, művészet.

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Wellcome Collection

Photograph to show the binding of the book

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Balaton Museum - Keszthely

Jele: MAT 1936. Régi viseletben könyvkötő, könyvkötő műhely részlete. Anyag és technika: fametszet Megjegyzés: E Kisgrafika, művészet, korsó, asztal

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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…

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Balaton Museum - Keszthely

P.F. 1925 Lud. Bradác. Könyvkötő szerszámot tartó keze, keretben. Anyag és technika: rézkarc. Kisgrafika, művészet.

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