tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73236620984775226842024-03-17T12:30:28.059-04:00The Pressbengel Project: Exploring German bookbinding traditions and more...Der Pressbengel by Ernst Collin is a 1922 dialogue between a bibliophile and bookbinder about the trade and art of bookbinding. Here it provides the starting point for further discussions of the the German bookbinding tradition.Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.comBlogger285125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-19507346612749328242024-03-01T09:18:00.015-05:002024-03-17T12:29:55.878-04:00John Francis Dean - My First Mentor And Inspiration<p>Yesterday, I learned of the passing of John Francis Dean (2/11/1936 - 2/29/2024). Looking back, John probably had the greatest impact on me in the conservation and preservation field. I <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-ponderings-of-bookbinding-student.html">shared some of my experiences with him</a> in a post here several years ago.</p><p>After emigrating from Great Britain to the United States in 1969, John F. Dean managed the preservation program at the Newberry Library before establishing the apprentice training and conservation program at the <a href="https://www.library.jhu.edu/library-departments/conservation-preservation/">Johns Hopkins University</a> in 1975. He went to Cornell University in 1985 to establish and develop the Department of Preservation and Conservation. He is widely recognized as one of the major proponents of preservation programs at academic libraries and was the 2003 recipient of the American Library Association’s prestigious <a href="https://www.ala.org/news/news/pressreleases2003/alctsannounces">Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award</a>. A thread throughout his career arc is David Stam who as as Director of the Newberry Library brought him to the U.S., then as Director of the Library at Johns Hopkins brought him there. They remained life-long friends until <a href="https://www.arl.org/news/memorial-david-stam-1935-2023/">David's passing last February</a>. David was University Librarian at Syracuse when I arrived there ...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrM5_dNik_-Lv-3ijl43P2mDcraP40g2FOBkpCfzbXIbSCAZNN2MBePdpy9SCnWx1dpRksEDA9r9BF5A9TzGC3ZBGIUPfj0lZaoS_37FIE74x7aGRVSXPEyNrgf83MeGbMQEDnYnqXofPkbSvNoCfkhMYwbw1xGRAcfNw8MBrPXFdm9N65sxznfNzqlo/s900/MSE%20Library-Samson,%20Yoko-Dean,%20John-jhu_coll-0002_15016%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="900" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrM5_dNik_-Lv-3ijl43P2mDcraP40g2FOBkpCfzbXIbSCAZNN2MBePdpy9SCnWx1dpRksEDA9r9BF5A9TzGC3ZBGIUPfj0lZaoS_37FIE74x7aGRVSXPEyNrgf83MeGbMQEDnYnqXofPkbSvNoCfkhMYwbw1xGRAcfNw8MBrPXFdm9N65sxznfNzqlo/w400-h264/MSE%20Library-Samson,%20Yoko-Dean,%20John-jhu_coll-0002_15016%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Dean (2nd from left) with Yoko Sampson demonstrating<br />during one of the frequent tours he gave of the program at<br />Johns Hopkins. The image is undated, but could have been during my time.<br />Image from the <a href="http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/46553">Johns Hopkins University graphic and pictorial collection</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I was introduced to John at the start of my freshman year at Johns Hopkins in 1981. Like many students, I needed a work-study job, and being a faculty brat my parents knew the campus options well… So, “son, the library hires a lot of students… Shelving books is boring, but there’s this Englishman in the basement who has a book conservation program and manages preservation…” Sounded interesting, went down, talked to John Dean, and got the job. That experience, and all the people who worked there changed my ideas, interests, and goals. This was a fully developed program with circulating collections repair and rehousing (my job, largely), rare book, and paper conservation. They also managed the library binding program that was substantial in those pre e-journal days…</div><p>I was put to work learning how to repair the heavily used books from the circulating collections, make basic enclosures for brittle items, clean stacks, … Because of the nature of the program John created at Johns Hopkins, I was exposed to all levels of work, something that deeply intrigued me so that when I wasn’t training for bike racing or studying, I also volunteered with the paper conservator, and just observed the goings on. John encouraged this interest by inviting me to observe presenters brought in like Tini Miura, exposing me to other aspects of the field. Knowing that I was a semester ahead, he encouraged me to take an internship in Germany to see what impact that experience might have - That experience led me to apprentice there after graduation and then experience my own sort of journeyman years.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn_DjZxpz94UvilRIIPKW-W3G23BL0U3_8s1reSXMo7c39IDkrbfGwRVLxUQ1uxH4ba2TCKLn2aPNf1eyQsvC4dbcJRs0Urwjz90AIuq18rY_8Kn5i9XMIobaCSQeWM0direpPci3Vqnk0yr_wCXo7KRKjNiG4t1TZEf_4PL14nRyts5Buqm2unvdTYU/s800/JohnDean%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="555" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn_DjZxpz94UvilRIIPKW-W3G23BL0U3_8s1reSXMo7c39IDkrbfGwRVLxUQ1uxH4ba2TCKLn2aPNf1eyQsvC4dbcJRs0Urwjz90AIuq18rY_8Kn5i9XMIobaCSQeWM0direpPci3Vqnk0yr_wCXo7KRKjNiG4t1TZEf_4PL14nRyts5Buqm2unvdTYU/w278-h400/JohnDean%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John F. Dean striking a pose while at Cornell.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In 1993, I began work as a rare book conservator at Cornell where I was reunited with John. He had left Johns Hopkins in 1985 to start the conservation and preservation program there. While Cornell did not have the apprenticeship program, it was a very broad and comprehensive program that included commercial binding, circulating book repair, box making, special collections conservation in books and paper, and reformatting that included the then nascent digitization. Thanks to that exposure, I developed a far greater understanding of the complexities of the field and how they all interconnected. This was quite different from single item treatment in a private practice where those interconnected parts were not always obvious. Like at Johns Hopkins, the program he created was very active in the training of other professionals through internships and workshops. It was one of those interns, Marty Hanson who was the Preservation Administrator at Syracuse, and who later lured me away from Cornell to establish "my own" conservation lab while earning my MLS. The ultimate work-study job. John was also very involved internationally, especially in Southeast and East Asia so that interns from there were not uncommon either. He was also very successful in sponsoring and supporting consortial preservation efforts. <a href="https://blogs.cornell.edu/culconservation/2015/">John "retired" from Cornell in 2005</a>.<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMPGb9t1jE3YLGnGKsCMvxPvksBeI9smI7loJlmUeyh32zsUfZleFGxg2Bh8Kut4uGgHClm7mY1wWiGDlKjdh6_dZI8vCeKafwpMFV1mLdKD-rAleesAz2BonhSHJsoAtQArBXbSUnlN9dOCC_PP_sk_LGcEjN6almMB7TxIQt5t81sOo0HxzK07k0KA/s900/JFD%20as%201st%20Brodsky%20Speaker%20(3%20sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="847" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMPGb9t1jE3YLGnGKsCMvxPvksBeI9smI7loJlmUeyh32zsUfZleFGxg2Bh8Kut4uGgHClm7mY1wWiGDlKjdh6_dZI8vCeKafwpMFV1mLdKD-rAleesAz2BonhSHJsoAtQArBXbSUnlN9dOCC_PP_sk_LGcEjN6almMB7TxIQt5t81sOo0HxzK07k0KA/w376-h400/JFD%20as%201st%20Brodsky%20Speaker%20(3%20sm).jpg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Dean and I getting ready at the inaugural<br />Brodsky Lecture in 2005.<br />Photo: Steve Sartori, SU Photo and Imaging Center.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 2005 I was fortunate to be able to help create and then lead the Brodsky Series for Advancement of Library Conservation at Syracuse University Library. It was only natural that John was invited to be the first speaker on the topic of <i>Conservation and Preservation in the Digital Age</i>. From my introduction at the inaugural lecture:</p><p></p><blockquote><p><i>John Dean our speaker for this afternoon’s inaugural event will speak on “Conservation and Preservation in the Digital Age,” a topic he is uniquely qualified to speak on as a result of his leadership in such activities at Cornell. John Dean is Cornell University's Preservation and Conservation Librarian. He received his City and Guilds of London Institute medal in bookbinding in 1956, a Master of Arts degree in Library Science from the University of Chicago in 1975, and a Master of Liberal Arts degree in the History of Science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1981. Following his six years apprenticeship, Dean established and lead four major preservation programs beginning in 1960, at the Manchester Central Research Library (England), the Newberry Library (Chicago), the Johns Hopkins University Library (Baltimore), and, since 1985, Cornell University Library. He is author of several works on conservation and preservation management, has taught conservation and preservation management at the University of Maryland, Syracuse University, the University of Alabama, and the State University of New York at Albany, and is a member of several national and international preservation committees.</i></p><p><i>It was John Dean who introduced me to the field when I was a work-study student in the conservation lab at Johns Hopkins, urged me to go to Germany to apprentice as a bookbinder, and has been a true mentor and friend. I can think of no one more appropriate to inaugurate this series.</i></p><div></div></blockquote><div>John's lecture can be <a href="https://surface.syr.edu/pres_brodsky/5/">viewed and downloaded here</a>. He speaks about his own training starting on <a href="https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0&article=1000&context=pres_brodsky&type=additional">page 7 of the transcript</a>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWwNbaif5VWCU-DqVAOd3S4bG_87ZSRbA4vYJu6ZaY4luUgl3a_gOk_reghrzs2RbrQqJwxgci4JxYYtTdGXR-Fo8vXxgYr8DSkq6pFOj-bJ4qGoLs5c8Q5dvD9KOSePTa4FYRpZlYID932Rm-MAyr9gurRZyKuWqcDQ-KvlHKCBd4GND6JONvg7jmSE/s900/JFD%20PV%20at%20Stam%20Memorial%20(1%20sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="900" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWwNbaif5VWCU-DqVAOd3S4bG_87ZSRbA4vYJu6ZaY4luUgl3a_gOk_reghrzs2RbrQqJwxgci4JxYYtTdGXR-Fo8vXxgYr8DSkq6pFOj-bJ4qGoLs5c8Q5dvD9KOSePTa4FYRpZlYID932Rm-MAyr9gurRZyKuWqcDQ-KvlHKCBd4GND6JONvg7jmSE/w400-h354/JFD%20PV%20at%20Stam%20Memorial%20(1%20sm).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With John at the memorial gathering for David Stam at the end of April 2023.<br />Despite the best intentions, it was the last time I was able to see John. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>John, thank you for everything over these decades. You and your program saved me while in college, and you were the best mentor and role model I could have hoped for as an academic library conservation and preservation professional.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rest in Peace</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.centralnewyorkcremationservice.com/obituaries/John-Francis-Dean?obId=30933649">See also the obituary here</a>.</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-20822181327913937442024-02-24T14:41:00.009-05:002024-02-28T13:26:19.257-05:00Dietmar Klein - The Passing of my Meister <p>It was with sadness that I took notice today of the passing of Dietmar Klein 10/14/1943 - 2/22/2024), the bookbinding Meister I apprenticed under, in posts shared on social media. As almost always happens in moments like this, one reflects on the impact of that person on ones life, and in this case career. </p><p>Working in the Conservation and Preservation as a work-study student while at Johns Hopkins and then interning at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg inspired me to embrace bookbinding and conservation as a career. As my time as a college student was winding down, I escaped campus (and some exams) to interview at the three binderies in Germany that responded to my query about apprenticing. Ones of those was the <a href="https://buchbinderei-klein.de/">Kunstbuchbinderei Dietmar Klein</a> located in <a href="https://www.gelsenkirchener-geschichten.de/wiki/K%C3%BCnstlersiedlung_Halfmannshof">Künstlersiedlung Halfmannshof</a>, an artists' colony in the heart of Germany's industrial heartland of the Ruhr Valley. that alone was enough to entice me to accept their offer to apprentice. I described the adventure of getting there, and my experiences as an apprentice in "<a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-ponderings-of-bookbinding-student.html">The Ponderings of a Bookbinding Student- Part 2</a>".</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4egpv4851-XibS6mOQCpdPjZ2JnBmMGiLPi3-AEUb0l7ga-Kcvc5DDzg22BFHW_wrwZhyphenhypheny5K3o-sKCXFgTzdwXEnFHhb-YXNrvzkHsS9Oce4YysCcW6eOLeZYQBbWmfWxOqhI946yFt7NJGAroDL4YiKAAh7Xk9k6hhwjQLFC8subak4L7d80Y3V0LM/s510/geselle2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="510" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4egpv4851-XibS6mOQCpdPjZ2JnBmMGiLPi3-AEUb0l7ga-Kcvc5DDzg22BFHW_wrwZhyphenhypheny5K3o-sKCXFgTzdwXEnFHhb-YXNrvzkHsS9Oce4YysCcW6eOLeZYQBbWmfWxOqhI946yFt7NJGAroDL4YiKAAh7Xk9k6hhwjQLFC8subak4L7d80Y3V0LM/w400-h313/geselle2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me between my Meister Dietmar Klein and his wife Regina Klein<br />at my Lossprechung in July of 1987. The Lossprechung marked<br />the successful completion of my apprenticeship. Frau Klein would<br />receive her Meister shortly after.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I came into this apprenticeship older than the average apprentice at the time, with direct experiences in the field, and from a different culture (even though I was German, I grew up and studied in the US). While these experiences, especially working in binding and conservation helped me hit the ground faster, they could also be a kind of liability as I was not the clean slate that one often desires with apprentices, leading to friction. But, as I was often reminded, "the apprentice is always in the wrong, the Meister in the right, and on the off chance the apprentice might have been right, they were still in the wrong." As someone else told me, "Lehrjahre sind keine Herrenjahre" ( "Learning years are not earning years" i.e. one starts on the very bottom rung in every respect ). Having the proclivities to get ahead of myself didn't help either. In something I came to regret later, my apprenticeship was shortened from 3 years to 2 based on those previous experiences. I also only experienced 1 year of Berufsschule (trade school) rather than 3 based on my age and education. It was what it was, as we say today. <br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2xSG_7zGBac3ofF2SeFMJUL-dl_oZZp00Zz7ugP81izose8Ct4CQZfAksADNJ-KyDEaPD8HaQpQQvxWpI3F7z80xSVVzYmwtIrYqHBy6rnDSFaXGkLSNmQIwx3r4832fehxFkMmVgrd6Eyp-892z_Xp1qNDfVAj5pIzCHHMrWKdyUGEvcRT-YGGQ8yU/s670/50%20Jahre%20Buchbinderei%20Klein,%201987%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="670" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2xSG_7zGBac3ofF2SeFMJUL-dl_oZZp00Zz7ugP81izose8Ct4CQZfAksADNJ-KyDEaPD8HaQpQQvxWpI3F7z80xSVVzYmwtIrYqHBy6rnDSFaXGkLSNmQIwx3r4832fehxFkMmVgrd6Eyp-892z_Xp1qNDfVAj5pIzCHHMrWKdyUGEvcRT-YGGQ8yU/w400-h259/50%20Jahre%20Buchbinderei%20Klein,%201987%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole crew in my final year: Me, the other apprentice Nicole,<br />the Meister, and the Gesellin (soon to be Meisterin).<br />Photo: <i>Ruhr Nachrichten</i>, 9 December,1986.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In the end, I passed my Gesellenprüfung (journeyman's' exam) and was given this advice from the Meister - "now you can set about to prove that you are better than your exam results, a better situation than turning out to be a disappointment after". A long career in various roles has taught me that this is so very right. As an apprentice I focused on the essentials of the work, but was exposed to so much more in those special jobs that came into the shop. Our bread and butter was large batches of 100+ journal volumes/week that we bound for regional municipal, corporate, medical, legal libraries. We also did repair and rebind work for individuals, as well as special commissions such as presentation bindings, guest books, fine bindings, and restoration work. As an apprentice, I was regularly tasked with contributing to that work as my experiences allowed including disbinding, sewing, forwarding, ... Gold tooling and finishing were not part of that, but in a small shop like ours with 3-4 people doing the work, there was ample opportunity to "steal with the eyes" by observing and keeping notes. </div><div><br /></div><div>The skill that I came to most appreciate was the ability to "work", by which I mean the ability to look at a job (1 volume or 100), see what was needed, organize that work, and complete it without losing track of the process. Through that repetition I also learned to internalize so many processes that they became second nature. I could think about the next step (or other projects and things) while working on what was at hand and didn't need to think about how to fold that end sheet, sew that book, make those cases, stamp titles, ... It also allowed me to focus on the details. While my work as an apprentice was essentially library binding by hand, those organizational skills scaled up for special collections conservation work and everything in between. Even now, when I no longer bind or conserve in my day job (and I haven't done any binding in a year and a half) those experiences allow me to jump right back in, albeit at a slower pace (for lots of reasons).</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwjpy-xSRLHXohLz8gA4WvWseKalIt7amgWHr63r16kBqFjwbZfG_4EXeCKuAjv8d2jfMNgKqeexRvmWCMXlJzbMx5T8f_tv0FZ3ijaG-nO7BgG0IDh7lUkBDl6MgD1jZvGsJf2gFMinRhPyh4KImbzHSm5sG6r_cbNVgh1B-nNKQA2dd8SkDnG2DU-c/s900/we7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="900" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwjpy-xSRLHXohLz8gA4WvWseKalIt7amgWHr63r16kBqFjwbZfG_4EXeCKuAjv8d2jfMNgKqeexRvmWCMXlJzbMx5T8f_tv0FZ3ijaG-nO7BgG0IDh7lUkBDl6MgD1jZvGsJf2gFMinRhPyh4KImbzHSm5sG6r_cbNVgh1B-nNKQA2dd8SkDnG2DU-c/w400-h266/we7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Meister in his happy place doing gold finishing.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Following my apprenticeship I headed to Ascona, then back to the US and lost touch with the Kleins. On my "honeymoon" in Germany as I was driving between relatives, I saw the exit that lead to the Halfmannshof where the Kunstbuchbinderei was. It had been 7.5 years since I left, and I was filled with a sense of apprehension as I pulled up into the parking lot and looked towards the bindery. I got out of the car and my wife and I walked in. The Kleins were surprised to see me again and we had a good long visit. Showing the bindery to my wife brought back many memories, and when we left we promised each other to keep in touch - we still are.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC_SWeS1e4Fweo44Vs4vDVof5TxrMl8xNFuSo_dzN8gNaJts9A5CiqsKTE2KPFzXQZw67DyICZ-xksl3DpWBkWzcXO4YB5Hp2-LWGbFRD276aPcz0BwkuTL6m8lrJ8ek8tB0RG_-VaHYgQiyuGOAc8gguoHZSytrgWlB6Tz6yuSGhae54HeVNZS0AxP0/s900/Kleins%20at%20SUL%202009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC_SWeS1e4Fweo44Vs4vDVof5TxrMl8xNFuSo_dzN8gNaJts9A5CiqsKTE2KPFzXQZw67DyICZ-xksl3DpWBkWzcXO4YB5Hp2-LWGbFRD276aPcz0BwkuTL6m8lrJ8ek8tB0RG_-VaHYgQiyuGOAc8gguoHZSytrgWlB6Tz6yuSGhae54HeVNZS0AxP0/w400-h300/Kleins%20at%20SUL%202009.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kleins visiting me at Syracuse University Libraries in 2009.<br />They were on a big USA trip ...<br />Note the <i><a href="https://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/index.htm">Bonefolder</a></i> caps we are all wearing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In 2009, the Kleins visited me in Syracuse on their way across the USA. It was very good to see them again, and to show them the Conservation and Preservation program I was leading at Syracuse University Libraries, the kinds of work we did for the special and circulating collections, and tell them how my experiences with them helped shape me and to develop the skills I needed to complete and mange the work, as well as teach students and work-study students.<br /><p>Thank you Herr Klein for all that you taught me. You helped me become who I am (and prove that I was better than my apprenticeship grade).</p><p>His family are in my thoughts.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">Rest in peace | Ruhe in Frieden</div><p></p></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-60386843294437851192024-02-03T17:05:00.004-05:002024-02-10T10:40:36.161-05:00The Prodigal Binding Returns<p>Once upon a time, isn't that the way most tales start, I organized my first national traveling exhibition for the Guild of Book Workers. That was the 10/'92 - 3/'94 traveling <i><a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/default/files/exhibits/Fine_Printers_Finely_Bound_Too.pdf">Fine Printers Finely Bound Too</a> </i>(Download @ 13MB). Organizing and shepherding that exhibit were an adventure, especially as I had never undertaken anything like that before ... Lots of teachable moments. </p><p>Due to unfortunate circumstances, I also ended up designing the catalog by myself with a VERY tight deadline (HAD to be published by the opening), and had no experience doing that sort of work beyond those as high school yearbook editor a little over 12 years earlier. Fortunately, I had an excellent photographer. The rest was up to me. I worked with what I knew, namely WordPerfect 5.0 and the very limited typefaces I had available. Those were the days. Choices were informed by what I was infatuated with at the time. Not everyone was happy, but it was out on time. Again, a learning experience.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78Z_Lvx7GLOz8btlVH5dJWCoZkNLyblcxliIHyVK94EVLTsB4TLCcNP40alPsb2aGo_Ldozd0UironbNZ8-RovsFqmm5yDoxPM-5aj9HhVl_Wlj7oxV1hRHUtrWM1VupgXsgDJaD13uAGpgEA4Uj-ZxcNiO9l0STTQ_8WwnrziiJBZH15iOMs_5aidWY/s760/FPFBT%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="492" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78Z_Lvx7GLOz8btlVH5dJWCoZkNLyblcxliIHyVK94EVLTsB4TLCcNP40alPsb2aGo_Ldozd0UironbNZ8-RovsFqmm5yDoxPM-5aj9HhVl_Wlj7oxV1hRHUtrWM1VupgXsgDJaD13uAGpgEA4Uj-ZxcNiO9l0STTQ_8WwnrziiJBZH15iOMs_5aidWY/w259-h400/FPFBT%20Cover.png" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover to the printed catalog of <a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/default/files/exhibits/Fine_Printers_Finely_Bound_Too.pdf"><i>Fine Printers Finely Bound Too</i></a>.<br />(Download @ 13MB)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of the things I made sure of was that there were plenty of copies in sheets. Binders crave books in sheets, and there were many wonderful works for inspiration within those pages. and then set about binding 2 copies in 1993. The one on the top one was for me, the bottom one a commission from the then Guild president. The technique described is what in German is referred to as the Franzband, THE fine binding structure for full-leather bindings. He presented on the technique at the 1990 Guild of Bookbinders' <i>Standards</i>, so read his <i>Journal</i> article, "<a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/default/files/journal/gbwjournal_029_no1.pdf">The Logic and Techniques of German Bookbinding</a>", and <a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/default/files/standards/1990-Mowery_Frank.pdf">see the presentation handout here</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGW_KwNr8RCyXGoKG-THWg9Kq3FVIgmXsx8vuM0v184skv-jwrwmP2zWd6BBVYyPAYLQ5ex7J5toM4TbaD5ealV691-1aojdHkVZsO3kVZt5es2I4flJ60KcujEXCB9v0pmVHskhX9JzMbNwIxU2uHbUzKjvKeoHUeAPakwKi-Q-jHHJdW7YY-dnyKdFQ/s1000/fpfb1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1000" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGW_KwNr8RCyXGoKG-THWg9Kq3FVIgmXsx8vuM0v184skv-jwrwmP2zWd6BBVYyPAYLQ5ex7J5toM4TbaD5ealV691-1aojdHkVZsO3kVZt5es2I4flJ60KcujEXCB9v0pmVHskhX9JzMbNwIxU2uHbUzKjvKeoHUeAPakwKi-Q-jHHJdW7YY-dnyKdFQ/w400-h315/fpfb1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Fine Printers Finely Bound, Too. </i>The Guild of Book Workers, New York, 1992.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sewn on 3 frayed out cords; gray "zig-zag" endsheets and sewn red leather joint; graphite top edge; red and gray endbands. Covered in full chagrin leather with multicolored onlays in black, gray and sharkskin. Tooled in gold and blind. 24 x 16 x 1.5cm. Bound 1993.</div><div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlpot-oOP1q02p5AfYj-3QSLU3USwzdHI5PVwClLIs6HxWACVGYtFS_ztAJvig5zd0NgLfJ2CfXfXmhfZEQoeG3_TtItOyI6F0jk3FaWb8BgO23zRXyLW1oQCL_pirK3HmaD1057DjCaAxsU2dMTWqhUromxnIoIsmOn9sPBlH09BEluL48EOPmk-Vwc/s1000/fpfb2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1000" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlpot-oOP1q02p5AfYj-3QSLU3USwzdHI5PVwClLIs6HxWACVGYtFS_ztAJvig5zd0NgLfJ2CfXfXmhfZEQoeG3_TtItOyI6F0jk3FaWb8BgO23zRXyLW1oQCL_pirK3HmaD1057DjCaAxsU2dMTWqhUromxnIoIsmOn9sPBlH09BEluL48EOPmk-Vwc/w400-h313/fpfb2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Fine Printers Finely Bound, Too</i>. The Guild of Book Workers, New York, 1992. Commissioned copy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sewn on 3 frayed out cords; gray "zig-zag" endsheets and sewn red leather joint; graphite top edge; red and gray endbands. Covered in full chagrin leather with multicolored onlays in black, gray and shark skin. Tooled in gold and blind. 24 x 16 x 1.5cm. Bound 1993.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>When she retired and sold off her business, that copy disappeared for years before reappearing at an auctioneer where I got outbid. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_WgphnVFN4EHTOosxa1PDrutsVTuWxTgm0mLENF0kCVx_xHrjTBYY0FVdaB03KyqgjOyrzwm1h_qQZ3hkxFQA3oeReceXDQD6Kqyo3EC-W7yXnsafqcOIUjy6VlgAwtk2vF6mByqrbKJk5LsmtvGYpFqLKSv39oMP322awS2itl8NIjA1DyJ8GXFwQ/s946/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20at%20Auction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="946" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_WgphnVFN4EHTOosxa1PDrutsVTuWxTgm0mLENF0kCVx_xHrjTBYY0FVdaB03KyqgjOyrzwm1h_qQZ3hkxFQA3oeReceXDQD6Kqyo3EC-W7yXnsafqcOIUjy6VlgAwtk2vF6mByqrbKJk5LsmtvGYpFqLKSv39oMP322awS2itl8NIjA1DyJ8GXFwQ/w400-h306/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20at%20Auction.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first auction after eBay. I got outbid ...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>It then reappeared on a dealer site for A LOT of $$. I was flattered, but yikes ... </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EXj6t_phSRwUJLBD5TS5I9r8xIurGBdCvcBmS1YAFAirl3LpNY4FUr2r3fEi0oflaN9SJjWflNflY7p46KPexhBX_EdGbcjJ2aPGX61FD-7Q4-ljeU7yTsHWW8mPhWRi2XlA6EZl0ihVrEAJl7sqn6maFORPWR9NFv_08Vtir4KuEuNKACSj6eaIa3Y/s1045/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20at%20Veatchs,%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1045" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EXj6t_phSRwUJLBD5TS5I9r8xIurGBdCvcBmS1YAFAirl3LpNY4FUr2r3fEi0oflaN9SJjWflNflY7p46KPexhBX_EdGbcjJ2aPGX61FD-7Q4-ljeU7yTsHWW8mPhWRi2XlA6EZl0ihVrEAJl7sqn6maFORPWR9NFv_08Vtir4KuEuNKACSj6eaIa3Y/w400-h299/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20at%20Veatchs,%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dealer listing. I was flattered ...</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Then they retired and off their stock and this book went to another auctioneer. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjQ6lHLDh3bS8fZV-GJxjb9ELSpHg9A5O3R1qFCm7Tn1qBBiyTmTLAUPWKxP_VjwgW4lShjZTP3n1kyzsTBwy1hQ2N-eyvDm45cqeU-9KHjZYQlVTARUSdbkgQa7BIZ_tzNny9Zm8h329mzq5x7FFBfduJcPJR8rRdyA9A-IfMzshEQC477T6RtoK9gE/s1000/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20Too,%20New%20England%20Auctions%20_%20New%20England%20Auctions.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="860" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjQ6lHLDh3bS8fZV-GJxjb9ELSpHg9A5O3R1qFCm7Tn1qBBiyTmTLAUPWKxP_VjwgW4lShjZTP3n1kyzsTBwy1hQ2N-eyvDm45cqeU-9KHjZYQlVTARUSdbkgQa7BIZ_tzNny9Zm8h329mzq5x7FFBfduJcPJR8rRdyA9A-IfMzshEQC477T6RtoK9gE/w344-h400/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20Too,%20New%20England%20Auctions%20_%20New%20England%20Auctions.png" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final auction ...<br />Probably could have gotten it for less, but pizza dude rang the bell, so "hail Mary" bid it was.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This time I was successful and the prodigal book returned home to be with its sibling.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQG3Ap0PWBJVJylr-VSkrXWIszpXVKmTyFZL4wm1cieWxC1uP-YTfb0U3v73wM22eDLeFzkKHc8eZ1Qxs4zfXKw-YJW57-hOE2dLDypA6NX9DjA4jyiJ2AQByNWrtrBaoQZGRXLOwb-cPmvrO6ibQCuLFd4g5ns1TTMy2omgkn7JcYVVOixxSpBLpekM/s1000/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20Too.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1000" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQG3Ap0PWBJVJylr-VSkrXWIszpXVKmTyFZL4wm1cieWxC1uP-YTfb0U3v73wM22eDLeFzkKHc8eZ1Qxs4zfXKw-YJW57-hOE2dLDypA6NX9DjA4jyiJ2AQByNWrtrBaoQZGRXLOwb-cPmvrO6ibQCuLFd4g5ns1TTMy2omgkn7JcYVVOixxSpBLpekM/w400-h281/Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20Too.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both, reunited after over 30 years ...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, because he couldn't help himself, Fritz Otto took a close look at it. The textured shark leather onlays intrigued him...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiq-1qL1z7UDmUoSFi1P0YgKb4JP5wGqAHvcL7MBJPtohCoTEuUsVZKiDt5vGe5c_ej-41emQE48b2y_uE4b8VfL-fKT64P4RWIpPpNQCV_Kf71JnmNfvwgzJFdieVxSpnk0codfNVvVyNh55MRyvls1xdYjgxeF-LIDBUNQ0JG9nVTvDev_PErtvOJbI/s1000/Fritz%20Otto%20with%20Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20Too.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="794" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiq-1qL1z7UDmUoSFi1P0YgKb4JP5wGqAHvcL7MBJPtohCoTEuUsVZKiDt5vGe5c_ej-41emQE48b2y_uE4b8VfL-fKT64P4RWIpPpNQCV_Kf71JnmNfvwgzJFdieVxSpnk0codfNVvVyNh55MRyvls1xdYjgxeF-LIDBUNQ0JG9nVTvDev_PErtvOJbI/w318-h400/Fritz%20Otto%20with%20Fine%20Printers%20Finely%20Bound%20Too.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Interesting texture on this shark leather, and you did ok binding it ..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-53927140980831083092024-01-27T12:45:00.009-05:002024-01-27T15:36:24.871-05:00Holocaust Memorial Day and the Collins<p>January 27<sup>th</sup> is recognized as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day">Holocaust Memorial Day</a>, the day of the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. With the increasing and ongoing spread of totalitarian movements, rhetoric, and imagery across the globe, it is important to remember the past and where it can lead if we are not vigilant and push back at all times.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJH6Vm61poHNAbq_7xDnufNjOK45iiKzbYXHz89vT1oDXQh-0RaDbKUO6_RVVwP67RU8c9epXGXaLghh9IwozgwYEXL9elnN3Cy5_GSwLfSP8J89mBCRAjMqVhPggmsUhUy6j-boaGzew_-JZQCgpFmMT-1v8F7lvxZfufIzAcyOgkCzHVFPxNr0yCPI/s631/Ernst%20Collin%20exlibris%20von%20Kampmann%20in%20Grosse%20Berliner%20Kunstausstellung%20Katalog%20%E2%80%94%20adk_gka_1929_118__z3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="543" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJH6Vm61poHNAbq_7xDnufNjOK45iiKzbYXHz89vT1oDXQh-0RaDbKUO6_RVVwP67RU8c9epXGXaLghh9IwozgwYEXL9elnN3Cy5_GSwLfSP8J89mBCRAjMqVhPggmsUhUy6j-boaGzew_-JZQCgpFmMT-1v8F7lvxZfufIzAcyOgkCzHVFPxNr0yCPI/w344-h400/Ernst%20Collin%20exlibris%20von%20Kampmann%20in%20Grosse%20Berliner%20Kunstausstellung%20Katalog%20%E2%80%94%20adk_gka_1929_118__z3.png" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ernst and Else Collin from the </span><a href="https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/adk_gka_1929_118/0067" style="text-align: left;">catalog to the <i>Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung</i> of 1929</a><span style="text-align: left;">, an image of a painting by Walter Kampmann</span><span style="text-align: left;">. Ernst is sitting in a chair with a book [paper], and holding a writing instrument, his head seemingly lost in thought resting in his palm. A woman, presumably his wife Else (nee Cronheim) almost has him in embrace, one hand on his right arm, with her left almost on his shoulder. </span><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/11/picturing-ernst-collin.html">More here.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/14752478">Ernst</a> and <a href="https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/14907225">Else</a> Collin were deported to Auschwitz on December 9<sup>th</sup>, 1942 and murdered there. But, their horrors started much earlier, officially with the rise to power of the Nazis in 1933, and their systematic exclusion from public places, education, their places of work, their ability to live their lives freely, and so much more.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6YYFLBAxhIPErgoNzISSnetHkmIJiLHZmVL1FgvqUBEFFZiw-Sm_9GtojPGpkUxuwgLjuAGBj95fhay2sVJACoRVCvdIulnQ0_qTZEYb9-osCpMc56sXC8WQWE5rsFR5s9jKBCA47fELC-uJS-90a-qDxP79veUlT-gMkzHrD1FbItJ6eaWdxTM04Lw/s1000/Collin,%20Ernst%20-%20Transportliste%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1000" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6YYFLBAxhIPErgoNzISSnetHkmIJiLHZmVL1FgvqUBEFFZiw-Sm_9GtojPGpkUxuwgLjuAGBj95fhay2sVJACoRVCvdIulnQ0_qTZEYb9-osCpMc56sXC8WQWE5rsFR5s9jKBCA47fELC-uJS-90a-qDxP79veUlT-gMkzHrD1FbItJ6eaWdxTM04Lw/w400-h260/Collin,%20Ernst%20-%20Transportliste%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">III) Transportliste: <a href="https://www.statistik-des-holocaust.de/list_ger_ber_ot24.html">24. Osttransport</a> mit 1061 gelisteten Namen in das KL Auschwitz, 09.12.1942.<br />Note the Israel or Sara in the name. These were added by the Nazis to all Jewish individuals.<br />Page from the Transportliste for the 24th deportation from Berlin to Auschwitz, 12.9.1942.<br />The address for the Collins is from the <i>Judenhaus</i> at <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/8MF8qiG8DZT4uaMC6">Aschaffenburgerstr. 6</a> in Berlin where they<br />were picked up, most likely the now yellow building.<br /><br /><a href="https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/127207595">Image of the Transportliste from the Arolsen Archives.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>From there they were taken to the freight station in Moabit where <a href="https://www.berlin.de/museum/4532952-2926344-gueterbahnhof-moabit.html">a memorial was dedicated</a> to those deported to their deaths. Other information links their deportation train to "Gleis 17" of the Bahnhof Grunewald and to their deaths. That platform is <a href="https://www.memorialmuseums.org/eng/staettens/view/338/Mahnmal-Gleis-17-%E2%80%93--Berlin-Grunewald">now a memorial with the dates of the transport in steel as part of the platform.</a> More <a href="https://www.berlinexperiences.com/featured-berlin-experiences/visit-the-gleis-17-memorial/">here</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_trains">Deutsche Reichsbahn</a> (German railways) was very complicit in these transports, and created this as a "<a href="https://www.deutschebahn.com/en/group/history/topics/platform17_memorial-6929106">central memorial</a>" to those deported and the role of the railway. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYwRfBL1p9rMMWIT41c5cyzLfXHn-w7Fr36sXx0qCgCfu5fXSlYev9bkJSVpp7o8bMV9bvNjlazT3YzOghGyEFCNNTNZWSzN2rEWoHIfMQUcgOF_5iVSMpi-_AT-x-CYAW5Aj2XMP19txw0m3UNxdhasn1iR0B4XpH3eVUpKHVLD-vPzANOII4wLyZmg/s1000/2006-08-11_Bahnhof_Grunewald_Mahnmal_Gleis17_Detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYwRfBL1p9rMMWIT41c5cyzLfXHn-w7Fr36sXx0qCgCfu5fXSlYev9bkJSVpp7o8bMV9bvNjlazT3YzOghGyEFCNNTNZWSzN2rEWoHIfMQUcgOF_5iVSMpi-_AT-x-CYAW5Aj2XMP19txw0m3UNxdhasn1iR0B4XpH3eVUpKHVLD-vPzANOII4wLyZmg/w400-h300/2006-08-11_Bahnhof_Grunewald_Mahnmal_Gleis17_Detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail from the memorial by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2006-08-11_Bahnhof_Grunewald_Mahnmal_Gleis17_Detail.jpg?uselang=de#Lizenz">Axel Mauruszat</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2014/04/stolpersteine-for-ernst-and-else-collin.html">On April 1, 2014, almost 10 years ago, two Stolpersteine (Stumbling Blocks) were laid to memorialize Ernst Collin and his wife Else (nee Cronheim)</a> in front of the entrance to their home at <a data-mce-href="https://www.google.com/maps/@52.497456,13.301635,3a,90y,92.05h,91.09t/data=%213m4%211e1%213m2%211s4jDYiyw6G1P-Lp5K71oE0g%212e0" href="https://www.google.com/maps/@52.497456,13.301635,3a,90y,92.05h,91.09t/data=%213m4%211e1%213m2%211s4jDYiyw6G1P-Lp5K71oE0g%212e0">Cicerostr 61</a> in Berlin. Stolpersteine are "monuments" created by Gunter Demnig that commemorate victims of the Holocaust. They are small, cobblestone-sized memorials for an individual victim of Nazism – both those who died and survivors – who were consigned by the Nazis to prisons, euthanasia facilities, sterilization clinics, concentration camps, and extermination camps, as well as those who responded to persecution by emigrating or committing suicide". The "stones" record the name of the individual, their birthday, and their fate. In Berlin the <a data-mce-href="http://www.stolpersteine-berlin.de/" href="http://www.stolpersteine-berlin.de/">Koordinierungsstelle Stolpersteine</a> works together with Stolperstein Initiatives in the various city districts, in this case <a data-mce-href="http://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/bezirk/lexikon/stolpersteine.html" href="http://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/bezirk/lexikon/stolpersteine.html">Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf</a>.<div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4qIhji6hXS2yxHn8Rs0XQhsL7zk29qa1H8FK6uc39-rnY-INldTRir7Znk6JdmjVtW3yu_o7GF34cyIaFpffRuXxLyiyMo8noV1LOcMieW0nagVCd5fVMOMgivxO4asyIT9ATiAq0Ds/s1600/Collin_Stolpersteine2-PhotoGerhardSchumm_20140401.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4qIhji6hXS2yxHn8Rs0XQhsL7zk29qa1H8FK6uc39-rnY-INldTRir7Znk6JdmjVtW3yu_o7GF34cyIaFpffRuXxLyiyMo8noV1LOcMieW0nagVCd5fVMOMgivxO4asyIT9ATiAq0Ds/s1600/Collin_Stolpersteine2-PhotoGerhardSchumm_20140401.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Gerhard Schumm, 4.1.2014</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Google Maps recently updated its Streetview images for Berlin, and the Stolpersteine can finally be seen, sort of.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JK_ZlYo0k9_4OIpwI_PouJvWjqehXnsrkTjrK0Byfia0e3Vdz2OX0k85pHctCZX9Yv-PAKHrHtB8WsQ-0NZdzMS6ghCSFup9wndyFaW9ePf_FqQ19taAEBrkPZlvzdWS5_3Qf8ztCc99VV3B7GDE5VLyH4fckItWmsnfNUAhimMSQe9BFStC_2fOA1s/s1000/Google%20Streetview%20202306%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1000" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JK_ZlYo0k9_4OIpwI_PouJvWjqehXnsrkTjrK0Byfia0e3Vdz2OX0k85pHctCZX9Yv-PAKHrHtB8WsQ-0NZdzMS6ghCSFup9wndyFaW9ePf_FqQ19taAEBrkPZlvzdWS5_3Qf8ztCc99VV3B7GDE5VLyH4fckItWmsnfNUAhimMSQe9BFStC_2fOA1s/w400-h244/Google%20Streetview%20202306%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/pneYnu21kKeQT4Hq7">Detail from Google Streetview of Cicerostr 61 in Berlin.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">NIE WIEDER!</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">NEVER AGAIN!</span></h2></div></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-63602042869164494942023-11-18T08:38:00.002-05:002023-11-19T09:33:42.525-05:00Picturing Ernst Collin<p>I've always wanted to put a face to the name. In the case of Ernst Collin that was, sadly, not possible. I got excited recently when I decided to look for Ernst Collin on Ancestry.com and found someone whose profile indicated that they had two images. As we say in German, Fehlanzeige... The images were those of the marriage certificate between <u>Ernst Heinrich</u> Collin and Else Cronheim that I had also found there. This was very important because for the first time I had an official, documented connection to his parents Georg Collin and Regina Collin (nee Josef) who were also listed on the certificate. Otherwise, all connections were embedded in his often-self-referential articles. In contrast, there are <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Ernst%20Collin-Sch%C3%B6nfeld">images of his doppelgänger <u>Heinrich Ernst</u> Collin-Schönfeld</a> in the latter's papers at the Leo Baeck in New York. His marriage certificate to Margarete Weisgerber-Collin was also available in Ancestry confirming those details.</p><p>But a confirmed photo of the Ernst Collin of the <i>Pressbengel</i> ... has still not been found.</p><p>There was a photograph that appeared in both of <a href="http://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2014/02/something-fishy-fish-leather-for-binding.html">Ernst's two articles about binding in fish skin</a> (both 1934) showing the customer sizing up a fish that might be used on his binding. In that image, the customer is shown from behind and slightly to the side, but not identifiable. For me, that was Ernst, I wanted it to be him.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNm7pC1oLh2dD3gQE8N2z9GbKSPDH6PjX6VkwLM6XYPprDb0kjUnRVGopUvAnvvunF9s3BsDhOGUgWFhoCBq27vH8PSnl2t3Ykpy5DLlW8ijIFU9uXaYaiFSfC0ZxtGfQkVD-h50CgUpjHtqfL12_SAj7znzGSOjqetz7ItEznvWI_lkKPOv3tNALXww/s1054/Bucheinb%C3%A4nde%20aus%20Fischh%C3%A4uten,%20Graphische%20Jugend,%20Vol%202,%201934.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="765" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNm7pC1oLh2dD3gQE8N2z9GbKSPDH6PjX6VkwLM6XYPprDb0kjUnRVGopUvAnvvunF9s3BsDhOGUgWFhoCBq27vH8PSnl2t3Ykpy5DLlW8ijIFU9uXaYaiFSfC0ZxtGfQkVD-h50CgUpjHtqfL12_SAj7znzGSOjqetz7ItEznvWI_lkKPOv3tNALXww/w464-h640/Bucheinb%C3%A4nde%20aus%20Fischh%C3%A4uten,%20Graphische%20Jugend,%20Vol%202,%201934.png" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is the customer at right Ernst Collin?<br />Holding the fish at left is Franz Martini, the binder.<br />Ernst took the images for the article, so was there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>A year or two after finding that image, I found a wonderfully expressionist ex-libris for an Ernst Collin that was created by <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kampmann">Walter Kampmann</a> in 1920. Featured in the ex-libris was a face. In circumstances like that it is easy to jump to conclusions, and I did. The ex-libris was found in a bound volume of <a href="http://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Heftlade"><i>Die Heftlade</i></a>, the "modest" bookbinding journal published 1922-24 by Ernst Collin for the Jakob-Krause-Bund. The reason for trading-up was that this copy had all inserts and the remaining two issues from 1924. The <i>Heftlade</i> did not appear in 1923. Among the inserts was one to accompany an article on collecting ex-libris by Ernst. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCfBlEt6_4L8mdrIcX14GPLfJbKJ-gkqpGkDcuENi2H2E4MuThDN9VZkcaigvMyvDegGWgmLcE7tTRrN4td6abxaJNuGnqq0BWb53dpuQmGFPyRgRkseIhtfxth2ttJxCM40PEX3JxLBr5qVgIdrn-LgHtsCjXo6XskyWdkfgw0SNHW5sxmPJJ2aT6C4/s900/Collin%20exlibris%20by%20Walter%20Kampmann,%20Die%20Heftlade,%20vol%201,%20nr%205%20for%20Collin%20article%20on%20Exlibris.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCfBlEt6_4L8mdrIcX14GPLfJbKJ-gkqpGkDcuENi2H2E4MuThDN9VZkcaigvMyvDegGWgmLcE7tTRrN4td6abxaJNuGnqq0BWb53dpuQmGFPyRgRkseIhtfxth2ttJxCM40PEX3JxLBr5qVgIdrn-LgHtsCjXo6XskyWdkfgw0SNHW5sxmPJJ2aT6C4/w461-h640/Collin%20exlibris%20by%20Walter%20Kampmann,%20Die%20Heftlade,%20vol%201,%20nr%205%20for%20Collin%20article%20on%20Exlibris.jpg" width="461" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernst Collin ex-libris by Walter Kampmann, 1920.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">It's been a while since I was actively searching for articles by, and mentions of Ernst Collin, but I recently came across the journal <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/exlibris-buchkunst-und-angewandte-grafik-31.1921-33.1923-unvollst/page/n85/mode/2up?q=ernst+collin">Exlibris Buchkunst und angewandte Grafik</a></i>, volume 31, 1921. In it, an article by Ernst about Walter Kampman that also included the ex-libris above among many others. In the article Ernst also described his ex-libris, providing the confirmation that this was his, and not the "other Ernst's". </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CdBC5CTjjRANzClhDFZRJnuwZaFVMOMOVgRq0J2wsms39HckrgG7GxZjeUuT0LhbHS-s2Paq2t1Gygocf_KrXdbp5AvbLup58YRxzxf5crVYHef7GXfhajDY7IJMMu-bj-S-wvdzqi9ohmtivgLBYpUHVwop55tAv8nppahU28IwaQN2q8CJuxk90kg/s624/Ernst%20Collin%20in%20Walter%20Kampmann,%20Exlibris%20Buchkunst%20und%20angewandte%20Grafik.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="624" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CdBC5CTjjRANzClhDFZRJnuwZaFVMOMOVgRq0J2wsms39HckrgG7GxZjeUuT0LhbHS-s2Paq2t1Gygocf_KrXdbp5AvbLup58YRxzxf5crVYHef7GXfhajDY7IJMMu-bj-S-wvdzqi9ohmtivgLBYpUHVwop55tAv8nppahU28IwaQN2q8CJuxk90kg/w400-h195/Ernst%20Collin%20in%20Walter%20Kampmann,%20Exlibris%20Buchkunst%20und%20angewandte%20Grafik.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passage in which Ernst interprets his ex-libris.<br />Below, the transcribed text.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Das nächste Exlibris Ernst Collin [Beil. zw. S. 52/53] hat der Künstler dem Verfasser dieses Aufsatzes gewidmet. Es gilt dem Kunstkritiker. Dessen Kopf nimmt, ruhend auf einer Feder, die von Fingern geführt wird, die Diagonale des Bildes ein. Es soll der Kopf des Kunstkritikers sein; die Augen hinter der Brille sind geradeaus gerichtet, ein Symbol der kunstkritischen Arbeit, die, vorurteilslos und unbeeinflußt, nur geradeaus schauen darf. Es ist nicht uninteressant, hier zu erwähnen, daß der Künstler nicht beabsichtigt hat, in den Kopf eine Bildnisähnlichkeit hineinzulegen, daß mir aber von Freunden versichert worden ist, sie hätten mich sofort erkannt. Von dem Finger geht eine Treppe aus, die zu einem Hause führt; vor diesem steht der Künstler, an der Staffelei malend. Er steht auf einer Rahmenleiste, die ein nur zum Teil sichtbares Bild mit einer tanzenderscheinenden Figur umrahmt. Der Aufbau des Bildes ist sehr konzentriert, Licht und Schatten sind dem Charakter der Darstellung gemäß streng und rhythmisch verteilt. Hier kommt Kampmann, wie er es bereits bei einigen vorhergehenden, hier nicht ab gebildeten Exlibris getan hat, zu einer freieren und doch der Zeichnung sich an- und eingliedernden Anordnung der Schrift. Die aufsteigende Anordnung bei dem Eigennamen meines Exlibris scheint mir die aufbauende Arbeit des Kritikers andeuten zu sollen.</i></p></div></blockquote><div><div>And in English with a little help from <a href="https://www.deepl.com/translator">Deepl for expedience</a>:</div><div><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The artist dedicated the next bookplate to Ernst Collin [insert between p. 52/53], the author of this essay. It is dedicated to the art critic. His head, resting on a feather guided by fingers, occupies the diagonal of the picture. It is supposed to be the head of the art critic; the eyes behind the glasses are directed straight ahead, a symbol of the work of art criticism, which, unprejudiced and uninfluenced, may only look straight ahead. It is not uninteresting to mention here that the artist did not intend the head to resemble a portrait, but that I have been assured by friends that they recognized me immediately. A staircase leads from the finger to a house; the artist is standing in front of it, painting at an easel. He is standing on a frame that surrounds a picture of a dancing figure that is only partially visible. The composition of the picture is very concentrated with light and shadow distributed strictly and rhythmically in accordance with the character of the depiction. Here, as he has already done in some previous ex-libris not depicted here, Kampmann has arrived at a freer arrangement of the lettering, which nevertheless adapts and integrates itself into the drawing. The ascending arrangement of the proper name of my bookplate seems to me to indicate the critic's constructive work.</i></div></div></blockquote><div><p>Recently, eight years later, I found yet another work by Walter Kampmann depicting Ernst Collin in the <a href="https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/adk_gka_1929_118/0067">catalog to the <i>Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung</i> of 1929</a>. While the first was very expressionist, this one is a little less so, and depicts him in a chair with a [notebook] and holding a writing instrument, his head seemingly lost in thought resting in his palm. A woman, presumably his wife Else (nee Cronheim) almost has him in embrace, one hand on his right arm, with her left almost on his shoulder. <a href="https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/adk_gka_1929_118/0020">As item 73 in the catalog</a>, it is described as a painting (Gemälde), with the "<a href="https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/adk_gka_1929_118/0011">N[G]</a>" possibly indicating that Kampmann was a member of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Group_(German)">Novembergruppe</a>", a group of expressionist artists. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJH6Vm61poHNAbq_7xDnufNjOK45iiKzbYXHz89vT1oDXQh-0RaDbKUO6_RVVwP67RU8c9epXGXaLghh9IwozgwYEXL9elnN3Cy5_GSwLfSP8J89mBCRAjMqVhPggmsUhUy6j-boaGzew_-JZQCgpFmMT-1v8F7lvxZfufIzAcyOgkCzHVFPxNr0yCPI/s631/Ernst%20Collin%20exlibris%20von%20Kampmann%20in%20Grosse%20Berliner%20Kunstausstellung%20Katalog%20%E2%80%94%20adk_gka_1929_118__z3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJH6Vm61poHNAbq_7xDnufNjOK45iiKzbYXHz89vT1oDXQh-0RaDbKUO6_RVVwP67RU8c9epXGXaLghh9IwozgwYEXL9elnN3Cy5_GSwLfSP8J89mBCRAjMqVhPggmsUhUy6j-boaGzew_-JZQCgpFmMT-1v8F7lvxZfufIzAcyOgkCzHVFPxNr0yCPI/s16000/Ernst%20Collin%20exlibris%20von%20Kampmann%20in%20Grosse%20Berliner%20Kunstausstellung%20Katalog%20%E2%80%94%20adk_gka_1929_118__z3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I<a href="https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/adk_gka_1929_118/0067">mage from the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg's <br />digital collections.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The search for a photograph will continue, but given that so much of Ernst's writings were focused on the arts and art criticism these are quite lovely to view.</p></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-26234921658925231462023-10-28T16:14:00.005-04:002023-11-06T10:22:33.142-05:00Disbinding Bradel, Part 3: Binding your Pappband, aka ur-BradelIn this [final] installment I will walk through the steps of constructing the ur-Bradel, in German "Pappband" as it would have been bound at the turn of the 18<sup>th</sup>, very early 19<sup>th</sup> century. Binding. With a little planning you can make your binding as a cut-away as I did during the workshop these images were for. The images were taken from the multiple models I prepared for the workshop. I mention this in case anyone notices differences between images.<br /><div><br /></div><div><hr width="50%" /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">To </span><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-1-who-was-bradel.html" style="text-align: left;">Disbinding Bradel, Part 1: Who was Bradel? Does it Matter?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-2-walk-through.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 2: A walk through the German bookbinding literature</a>, in which I will focus on the evolution of that which defines this structure – the spine piece and board attachment. <br /><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><hr width="50%" /><div><br /></div></div><b>Make endpapers:</b><br /><br />Endpapers at this time were most often plain and very similar to the text paper. The most common construction was one of the "hooked" variants that were sewn along with the first and last signatures. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFqncWo1NMI_5cGCT3TYgEmpCR7esNoLC5NC_J8HvcTb38XqWSYIKj5JsEr0yI6yeq9nmN-4CXoSBo1kMOW-mHGYBh-kHE1k3BFkYaYvnoHn84QsgJVpem9SNw1BGPGZoxDj4ktW1rhgBBA1B3UeLTB1A44F106AyxGETc7wKXghpMuHzO8ePdAndzQU/s900/PXL_20231028_172059711%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="676" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFqncWo1NMI_5cGCT3TYgEmpCR7esNoLC5NC_J8HvcTb38XqWSYIKj5JsEr0yI6yeq9nmN-4CXoSBo1kMOW-mHGYBh-kHE1k3BFkYaYvnoHn84QsgJVpem9SNw1BGPGZoxDj4ktW1rhgBBA1B3UeLTB1A44F106AyxGETc7wKXghpMuHzO8ePdAndzQU/w300-h400/PXL_20231028_172059711%20sm.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fritzottobuchbinder/">Fritz Otto</a> inspecting the hooked end sheet in this 1825 imprint.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Below, two endpaper constructions to choose from for this binding model. These were some of the more common at the time. I chose one of each.</div><div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZcLssmWUJ7djSupYJNY2ALcXkzfHDiWaOjNbV2F5-11ykKySDTYUdzn_TZMY5988F80g-sHbrgaq2MIUGELxo5Ampf7Q2GosOEFlqmRwDYJDQDnDEbuxOsSBefB49Ocug7crQ33CUVGgfQ3ABsxYbS6PeRMGr6uU6l2geY7VotaN6ALlHGOq1VooRx0/s796/Vors%C3%A4tze%20im%20Buch,%20p67.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="796" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZcLssmWUJ7djSupYJNY2ALcXkzfHDiWaOjNbV2F5-11ykKySDTYUdzn_TZMY5988F80g-sHbrgaq2MIUGELxo5Ampf7Q2GosOEFlqmRwDYJDQDnDEbuxOsSBefB49Ocug7crQ33CUVGgfQ3ABsxYbS6PeRMGr6uU6l2geY7VotaN6ALlHGOq1VooRx0/w400-h220/Vors%C3%A4tze%20im%20Buch,%20p67.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">These endpapers would have been "hooked" around the first and last signatures, then sewn.<br />From "Vorsätze im Buch", <i>Archiv für Buchbinderei</i>,<br />Vol 13, 1913. Pp 66-71. English translation at <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015055233475">HathiTrust</a></span><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQskUB5Anyy1C62HSbrIL-QkSqxS0_DUQzgpI71GNyqqtKOW0kKb5sFPTwN1M-zeIyX2StGzZUXC302LQe7oIrk31Ru-LyOeQ-ZvmPOuOGLY1tSUP-rXeYd8uMjQqpwbp2TBD6_ukUwNAGRijUcXqnvfzGGppFttlIuf7txqQ-1kViF8gTuddaNJOyUaM/s741/Hooked%20endpapers%20from%20AIC%20Wiki.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="741" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQskUB5Anyy1C62HSbrIL-QkSqxS0_DUQzgpI71GNyqqtKOW0kKb5sFPTwN1M-zeIyX2StGzZUXC302LQe7oIrk31Ru-LyOeQ-ZvmPOuOGLY1tSUP-rXeYd8uMjQqpwbp2TBD6_ukUwNAGRijUcXqnvfzGGppFttlIuf7txqQ-1kViF8gTuddaNJOyUaM/w400-h283/Hooked%20endpapers%20from%20AIC%20Wiki.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">From Blaser, Linda, "<a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/guildofbookworkers.org/files/journal/gbwjournal_032_no1.pdf">Development of Endpapers</a>",<br />the <i>Guild of Book Workers Journal</i>, Vol 32, Nr. 1.<br /></span><span style="text-align: left;">Also in <a href="https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/BPG_Endpapers">AIC’s Wiki</a>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The end leaves can be left longer at the fore-edge, and trimmed back later. Common to these are the guards and/or waste sheets to the outside. After sewing and backing, the cover would be built up on these guards.<br /><br /><b>Sewing:</b><br /><br />These books would have been sewn on <a href="https://www.talasonline.com/Linen-Bookbinding-Cord">sawed-in or untwisted cords</a>. Later, tapes would also have been used. For our binding, we will untwist 3 sets of 4 or 6 "cord", one for each sewing station. The untwisted cords will be laid next to each other flat, the width used for punching holes as if sewing on 3 tapes. <br /><br />Make a template and pre-punch the sewing holes from the inside out using a sewing needle. A “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Simflex-Expanding-Sewing-Gauge-Aluminum/dp/B01H96S8N8">sewing gauge</a>” for spacing buttons makes this easy.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9m2RrGfCbK3k6AhmpQKwmSo2ACRkgmY5xof-xim3-4qpWnlwiRIOJVOKQLz_KPVctz8qE5bj11ZSHkZICR9CiI2WjRXfSu5oYY4jRvRGZVmPbWlvFIzqEhrounh6dwjCKWECpN3gcGBKJhytrp0WMEZ9R4eDNZaC3oUkExpAU35z6JZwI0ovuAq8_y4/s800/PXL_20210626_155712022%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9m2RrGfCbK3k6AhmpQKwmSo2ACRkgmY5xof-xim3-4qpWnlwiRIOJVOKQLz_KPVctz8qE5bj11ZSHkZICR9CiI2WjRXfSu5oYY4jRvRGZVmPbWlvFIzqEhrounh6dwjCKWECpN3gcGBKJhytrp0WMEZ9R4eDNZaC3oUkExpAU35z6JZwI0ovuAq8_y4/w400-h225/PXL_20210626_155712022%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the "sewing gauge".</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Alternatively, take a piece of paper the height of the text block, mark kettle stitches at ca 1 cm from ends, taking into consideration the final trim size, fold in half, then half agains. This evenly divides the spine into 3 sewing stations plus kettles without math. For our template, make marks to either side of the three "folds" in the middle (not the kettle stitches). </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A0QQPSVL-U-_Yu0er9j9voSDKPn_rsfiIq0RUojx_X-Kj9vAzqt9Fl2RdCq4Yp5iU7Ax5EZfzyBKS3XnV7O7kw1WhBcqrdvuVLxX8ldnuX5Pa9KDxA2o8lONRD1TgUUwtoKyikcSqg0tKdrgRuH4MDGRr7yLtN5jQWnVsOJL3ZhUPmgTJTywzud7l8I/s800/IMG_8923%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A0QQPSVL-U-_Yu0er9j9voSDKPn_rsfiIq0RUojx_X-Kj9vAzqt9Fl2RdCq4Yp5iU7Ax5EZfzyBKS3XnV7O7kw1WhBcqrdvuVLxX8ldnuX5Pa9KDxA2o8lONRD1TgUUwtoKyikcSqg0tKdrgRuH4MDGRr7yLtN5jQWnVsOJL3ZhUPmgTJTywzud7l8I/w400-h300/IMG_8923%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Template for punching sewing holes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We sewed on the untwisted cords rather than regular twisted cords due to a lack of sewing frames at the workshop venue. Sewing on untwisted cords allowed all to easily compact the signatures as with tapes. Transfer the marks from measuring to a folded piece of scrap paper or thin card like from file folders to make your template for pre-punching, or sawing-in as would have been done in the past.</div><div><br /></div><div>After punching all your holes, make sure they all align and using a pencil, make some marks across the width of the spine at one end to serve as a visual guide, especially if alignment of the sewing holes is slightly off-center.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCISlgytBSa8ycKCXm6rDSgLd05LEuVN6JqRvWKdDUlFcfVPJCXRVjC4xB6z9946RkZonKEHDjUALahD2vZdxpElRa2g3yHXh51dwCFMxjYfGqIHRREhdpeqCZ7vDzx4D2ZWUAP6-yJwC8KO-whBniF-hWAuLsqelnfSufHwD2o4f_OFwPN58OIQCC-6U/s800/PXL_20210725_133639913%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCISlgytBSa8ycKCXm6rDSgLd05LEuVN6JqRvWKdDUlFcfVPJCXRVjC4xB6z9946RkZonKEHDjUALahD2vZdxpElRa2g3yHXh51dwCFMxjYfGqIHRREhdpeqCZ7vDzx4D2ZWUAP6-yJwC8KO-whBniF-hWAuLsqelnfSufHwD2o4f_OFwPN58OIQCC-6U/w400-h225/PXL_20210725_133639913%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sewing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Begin sewing the first signature, leaving out the cords. When you get to the end, insert the cords under the threads, and tape the ends to the edge of your bench. This is in lieu of a sewing frame, and how I sew on tapes or vellum slips.</div><br />While sewing, ensure that this is even and taut. Use your folder to rub down sections as you go. This will help create a more solid text block.<br /><br />Apply narrow bead of adhesive at fold of 2<sup>nd</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> to last (the “text” sections), but make sure not to go beyond that hooked guard. Then make sure all is aligned and the folds line up, and rub down. Trim end leaves at foredge using adjacent text section as guide.</div><div>Holding on to one end of the cords, pull on the other to ensure that there is no bunching up under the sewing.<br /><br />Glue up spine between cords and at ends. Make sure text block is square and signatures line up. Let dry.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGywf7l8OTRhodlGHlaZceHsFZwY2ciMeH7h0ci5JrQVNyV8tii4iqLFMj2SLp04nwDzZwzsv20RoDBmmWhzvUbcwT9qohowfKnEn9YanKB91jo1ReCVjboKP15_WGXhyphenhyphenQWa4TWYX_qBIYNBJaonut4-qsD2qUus94yva4Z6dT6AQ3HpyIyji54NXXr4/s800/PXL_20210821_160012416%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGywf7l8OTRhodlGHlaZceHsFZwY2ciMeH7h0ci5JrQVNyV8tii4iqLFMj2SLp04nwDzZwzsv20RoDBmmWhzvUbcwT9qohowfKnEn9YanKB91jo1ReCVjboKP15_WGXhyphenhyphenQWa4TWYX_qBIYNBJaonut4-qsD2qUus94yva4Z6dT6AQ3HpyIyji54NXXr4/w400-h225/PXL_20210821_160012416%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sewn and glued up text block.<br />Note marks across spine at right side<br />to ensure signature orientation.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><b>Round and back text block:<br /></b><br />Round and back to ca 45 degrees, with the base of the shoulder ca. two board thicknesses from top of the shoulder. The thread should provide enough swell for this to happen organically, but gentle backing helps define the shoulder.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yq3YJ5ZzYdbJCy2dbjQ3_mN5SNakdc-S5f5DLnxgoKcPXlZpE7mE8QfRLPAEgEDX0cCV4t9O0LXQ6AcmooFSRrjpYJU5a3AdGhQEjQh_5uq3-lTNholjOaJOnKJntDDSovxhwlebjBl3deaXN6QrE3ezcBTQodGLKxGP5Mj6ZXgpeaOFR9tme3xZX7E/s900/graphic%203%20-%20rounding%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="900" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yq3YJ5ZzYdbJCy2dbjQ3_mN5SNakdc-S5f5DLnxgoKcPXlZpE7mE8QfRLPAEgEDX0cCV4t9O0LXQ6AcmooFSRrjpYJU5a3AdGhQEjQh_5uq3-lTNholjOaJOnKJntDDSovxhwlebjBl3deaXN6QrE3ezcBTQodGLKxGP5Mj6ZXgpeaOFR9tme3xZX7E/s320/graphic%203%20-%20rounding%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rounding.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikNEaU9Cz8NxrSjjipaFZ8QJ4e4uuLOWsBJ-LWka_CWvKSly1_bjJgIbE6NBiB7tB68m3M5mOjCPzwF6G9hFpY-8buJzTAIwNadPM7PxKO_XkQHxIET9cSeJUEPi1cfKyVW5v8czIMNExnUZxSs9qO2V_kMBOck_TT0ojBaAiT6G7ThpDfQ6TzQPNepA/s900/PXL_20210704_130759876%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="817" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikNEaU9Cz8NxrSjjipaFZ8QJ4e4uuLOWsBJ-LWka_CWvKSly1_bjJgIbE6NBiB7tB68m3M5mOjCPzwF6G9hFpY-8buJzTAIwNadPM7PxKO_XkQHxIET9cSeJUEPi1cfKyVW5v8czIMNExnUZxSs9qO2V_kMBOck_TT0ojBaAiT6G7ThpDfQ6TzQPNepA/w363-h400/PXL_20210704_130759876%20sm.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaping the spine with the Kashiereisen, also known as a grattoir/frottoir<br /><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-2-kashiereisen_10.html">For more, go to this post</a><span style="text-align: left;">. </span><a href="https://www.peacheytools.com/shop/kashtoir" style="text-align: left;">The one used was made by Jeff Peachey</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9g_fxdx2kpY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sO_etdDR56k/YOm2R8GyG7I/AAAAAAAAWMs/Q4GlW1j8i2ArbDU11C7pQydFqgIeAOVTgCPcBGAYYCw/s900/Peachey%2Bnew%2Bsmooth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="759" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sO_etdDR56k/YOm2R8GyG7I/AAAAAAAAWMs/Q4GlW1j8i2ArbDU11C7pQydFqgIeAOVTgCPcBGAYYCw/w338-h400/Peachey%2Bnew%2Bsmooth.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoothing the spine with the other end. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgdAyyU6JZn_bdC4YpcNxAJigDXX1xeEpmNBaxCeJWl3iPp02ppbqwfbtOSd5ilf5H0huB4XcQLj4qmri5x-Qv0tW2aEQOUool4lDvrJki7P-m7A-BqWG_bGcQSqd4YHTSGiCe43j2vPLST-HNrKGQFmn_IKiGaUeSBebMcmz-4T5x_SVEmBmNBIifEE/s900/graphic%204%20-%20backed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="900" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgdAyyU6JZn_bdC4YpcNxAJigDXX1xeEpmNBaxCeJWl3iPp02ppbqwfbtOSd5ilf5H0huB4XcQLj4qmri5x-Qv0tW2aEQOUool4lDvrJki7P-m7A-BqWG_bGcQSqd4YHTSGiCe43j2vPLST-HNrKGQFmn_IKiGaUeSBebMcmz-4T5x_SVEmBmNBIifEE/w400-h174/graphic%204%20-%20backed.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Height of shoulder relative to board thickness.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Fraying out the cords:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Next, we will fray out the cords and adhere to the guards. Tease apart the individual fibers of the cords using a needle. Then use an <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-1-fray-shield-aufschabeblech.html">Aufschabeblech (fray shield)</a> and a flat blade to thin the cords and work out knots… To view this tool being used go to. IF you don’t have a fray shield, lay a piece of smooth/hard cardstock or board under the cords to be frayed instead. <a href="https://www.peacheytools.com/shop/fraying-shield">Jeff Peachey sells a very nice fray shield</a>. If sewn on tapes, adhere the tapes to the guards at this time.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YKbD8J-iYVA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniE6mirM-i-23fn4CMRdVQhoL7SyXbK0Z5fRMW0Tt_j72OFRBGp5qyq8eszR3WVyXIFaMjj9pZ5kfxp3uCJYrUAWN6Ezdqhy-9hL5ejp2WDle3J5oJ7TcHadG-Znpjyetx3KcTQhzFcSQS8wnJWPvIANHayt_pRA5PlJA5eTizXvhi1Ys9DRW-ex_Crc/s900/Fray%20Shields%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniE6mirM-i-23fn4CMRdVQhoL7SyXbK0Z5fRMW0Tt_j72OFRBGp5qyq8eszR3WVyXIFaMjj9pZ5kfxp3uCJYrUAWN6Ezdqhy-9hL5ejp2WDle3J5oJ7TcHadG-Znpjyetx3KcTQhzFcSQS8wnJWPvIANHayt_pRA5PlJA5eTizXvhi1Ys9DRW-ex_Crc/w400-h225/Fray%20Shields%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cords after fraying out with the fray shield.<br />After teasing the fibers of the cord apart, they are slipped into<br />the notch, and a bookbinders' knife is used to finish and make<br />them silky smooth.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Apply glue to guard, paste to cords, and fan out cords on guards, smoothing with folder as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fritzottobuchbinder/">Fritz Otto</a> demonstrates. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEtfIak4QbE_sE29UhReMBgAt4aGcDoGtV84Y_4az56Cfh8AbuN8Fgnkv-nvI1kOPBeTo2IKpsxnVBQWK0EJPrEiJDMzvJpqB-huYoeBkRNrWDC7NjHB83Hl6oq1iJRUkGiDGfO_5vNk/s900/Fritz+Otto+Aufschabeblech+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEtfIak4QbE_sE29UhReMBgAt4aGcDoGtV84Y_4az56Cfh8AbuN8Fgnkv-nvI1kOPBeTo2IKpsxnVBQWK0EJPrEiJDMzvJpqB-huYoeBkRNrWDC7NjHB83Hl6oq1iJRUkGiDGfO_5vNk/w225-h400/Fritz+Otto+Aufschabeblech+4.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fanning out the frayed-out cords on the guard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1obl0x_VvD44W-wSk04vyZ7NgDGLQKa_rnhv1UyKdyV9X610dGq7-StrrVWoM1s7hygqe2t4Sso8Dr0ZbW6BA8n-ARCDCyYGXxxwY6v3j_dCpN2p-9zg7tOHqz6_rxnZu0hWUnHTv01vSkCIwysxjmGcHbvBPrnPoz-LVfsavam9lpvhXrob4oJtF1M/s900/PXL_20210705_135722280%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="900" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1obl0x_VvD44W-wSk04vyZ7NgDGLQKa_rnhv1UyKdyV9X610dGq7-StrrVWoM1s7hygqe2t4Sso8Dr0ZbW6BA8n-ARCDCyYGXxxwY6v3j_dCpN2p-9zg7tOHqz6_rxnZu0hWUnHTv01vSkCIwysxjmGcHbvBPrnPoz-LVfsavam9lpvhXrob4oJtF1M/w400-h165/PXL_20210705_135722280%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished result. He Fritz Otto could have done a better job<br />on the one at left, but still better than not fraying at all...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This part very typical of German bindings. The same process can be used with <a href="https://www.talasonline.com/Ramieband">Ramieband</a>, and <a href="https://www.talasonline.com/German-Linen-Sewing-Tape">German-style sewing tapes</a>, resulting in the sewing support being far less visible, if at all under the endpapers.</div><br /><b>Endbands and spine lining:</b><br /><br />Hand-sewn endbands would have been rare on bindings using this structure, so <a href="https://parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/more-endbands-what-weaving/">in lieu of weaving them</a>, we will make very simple stuck-on ones out of cotton muslin. Glue/paste out the cord, twist tighter, and roll back and forth on wastepaper until smooth and round. Taking a piece of scrap board, make a cut on each side and stretch cord across, using the tight fit of the cuts to hold cord taut. Glue out fabric slip underneath, fold over, and pull taut around cord with folder.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDjdXp14oxLMiMKMKPvaRpnlj5GubCpeCvaIp0zhMMIEFKNDqhYIpfq1d2En4I_yu1O2W0BmzLvUXGn-jyO7THJtku7Vl088iZS8ZlcjCcUpG5qOj8yJH65Yctl-8p9soLbFY6S7JlA9shgOFxlMBj8nKwA9EHFbWinNJeveSVBYi1w7Vm5IEyGQFsE8/s900/PXL_20210801_155938944%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDjdXp14oxLMiMKMKPvaRpnlj5GubCpeCvaIp0zhMMIEFKNDqhYIpfq1d2En4I_yu1O2W0BmzLvUXGn-jyO7THJtku7Vl088iZS8ZlcjCcUpG5qOj8yJH65Yctl-8p9soLbFY6S7JlA9shgOFxlMBj8nKwA9EHFbWinNJeveSVBYi1w7Vm5IEyGQFsE8/w400-h225/PXL_20210801_155938944%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cord stretched and held taut with the fabric before and after.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Finally, line spine with robust paper.</div><div><br /><b>The gebrochener Rücken:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>The gebrochener Rücken is the essence of this binding style.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLZ4h08VGf1SwkjQhEWNOwkJ4-_ETjdqZ7bON0hoSrhTsY0wr1fU8DYAcO4xKGIFPggUH0ZKpvEi1uGGUDkyuQc0AuCXR9uGabVDjdUNVTIAQIAgS5QXWsIXCuJPUUi0b7AjHxd_YMGwMlLDSoadr9MfzDKkG2LXnzF2mqLN1VBbdUsQKM2WNSaS8NNc/s1000/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="1000" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLZ4h08VGf1SwkjQhEWNOwkJ4-_ETjdqZ7bON0hoSrhTsY0wr1fU8DYAcO4xKGIFPggUH0ZKpvEi1uGGUDkyuQc0AuCXR9uGabVDjdUNVTIAQIAgS5QXWsIXCuJPUUi0b7AjHxd_YMGwMlLDSoadr9MfzDKkG2LXnzF2mqLN1VBbdUsQKM2WNSaS8NNc/w400-h194/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>During the time of our model, this was constructed from a single piece of heavier card as above. Sixty+ years later, it began to be made from strong paper and a piece of card just the width of the spine as shown in the images below from Adam, Paul. <i>Die praktischen Arbeiten des Buchbinders</i> (1898) and <i>Practical Bookbinding</i> (1903).</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcOgu2RtBOWDnZ8lunm4-XOoMWu4p8cOgY17zWqYdXDHUJYs93xAMX16B4CFmNuHAaBO8uHlVjqxLpL_RiTwxmL-QMHcSCsQzDsKjiUHykWsDAky2GKsZYqr0kvhWsvFFGR_n7J5MJwznUr4rVo72ErPFVpnGsSpJGliVi5FbTluo669syDzKiuFHRBs/s446/Gebrochene%20R%C3%BCcken%20aus%20Adam,%201898,%201903.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="446" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcOgu2RtBOWDnZ8lunm4-XOoMWu4p8cOgY17zWqYdXDHUJYs93xAMX16B4CFmNuHAaBO8uHlVjqxLpL_RiTwxmL-QMHcSCsQzDsKjiUHykWsDAky2GKsZYqr0kvhWsvFFGR_n7J5MJwznUr4rVo72ErPFVpnGsSpJGliVi5FbTluo669syDzKiuFHRBs/w400-h188/Gebrochene%20R%C3%BCcken%20aus%20Adam,%201898,%201903.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Gebrochener Pappbandrücken" (1898) at left,<br />translated as "spring back" (1903) at right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>To make our spine piece, cut a strip of heavy paper (e.g. <a href="https://www.cavepaper.com/shop/p/natural-flax">Cave Paper heavy weight</a> or Iowa PC4 if you can find some) that is taller than the text block and wider than the spine by<span style="background-color: white;"> <span>3 - 4 cm </span></span>on each side. Measure the spine at the widest point (over cords) using a strip of paper. Transfer the marking for the width of the spine, centered to the top and bottom of the strip. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa316phRYNULdyzSDIaZXqvANLtFsR3iBbYxeK34-A_lbUXgenbGIZYgbP2cPw2Cu8eUm8xFQnzaYepGgtfawLft7gGsap88kx2MBUTAIF_t14ZA9qtXNJCjVioLhJNVWyTItBoLWx7ZKmxcSySdtULQ57DagN4U2j4JRwqPeJR0I7D06s7Hh5QC6YWw/s900/graphic%208%20-%20measuring%20spine%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="900" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa316phRYNULdyzSDIaZXqvANLtFsR3iBbYxeK34-A_lbUXgenbGIZYgbP2cPw2Cu8eUm8xFQnzaYepGgtfawLft7gGsap88kx2MBUTAIF_t14ZA9qtXNJCjVioLhJNVWyTItBoLWx7ZKmxcSySdtULQ57DagN4U2j4JRwqPeJR0I7D06s7Hh5QC6YWw/w400-h269/graphic%208%20-%20measuring%20spine%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Measuring the spine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Next, Using a rule and sharp bone folder (or metal folder) crease from top to bottom, and fold. Next flip strip over and using same method crease two lines ca 4mm to outside of the first line and fold. Finally, round gently (to match round of text block) on edge of your bench or with a folder. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLZ4h08VGf1SwkjQhEWNOwkJ4-_ETjdqZ7bON0hoSrhTsY0wr1fU8DYAcO4xKGIFPggUH0ZKpvEi1uGGUDkyuQc0AuCXR9uGabVDjdUNVTIAQIAgS5QXWsIXCuJPUUi0b7AjHxd_YMGwMlLDSoadr9MfzDKkG2LXnzF2mqLN1VBbdUsQKM2WNSaS8NNc/s1000/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="1000" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLZ4h08VGf1SwkjQhEWNOwkJ4-_ETjdqZ7bON0hoSrhTsY0wr1fU8DYAcO4xKGIFPggUH0ZKpvEi1uGGUDkyuQc0AuCXR9uGabVDjdUNVTIAQIAgS5QXWsIXCuJPUUi0b7AjHxd_YMGwMlLDSoadr9MfzDKkG2LXnzF2mqLN1VBbdUsQKM2WNSaS8NNc/w400-h194/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creased, folded and rounded to fit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Then, edge pare the long sides so that the step under the pastedown will be less pronounced.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KgoPeiqitq0m-ByhoVnmBNviZID3VzCpZRt3PivA1TA1_SvUvA6gHJD_-kKkcymJ9Qn6Z9xJqBJ2uEhjv2LgHw2eWaXMhBQjHvF6GwAIWUk-sAVsOuT1vG9WmDQuvaSzTu911yUb_YbVy4U3076z-NDu1xxpNl4Lrww4XhiR-VSCC6uDanu5LvQgaQk/s900/PXL_20210705_140357329%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KgoPeiqitq0m-ByhoVnmBNviZID3VzCpZRt3PivA1TA1_SvUvA6gHJD_-kKkcymJ9Qn6Z9xJqBJ2uEhjv2LgHw2eWaXMhBQjHvF6GwAIWUk-sAVsOuT1vG9WmDQuvaSzTu911yUb_YbVy4U3076z-NDu1xxpNl4Lrww4XhiR-VSCC6uDanu5LvQgaQk/w400-h225/PXL_20210705_140357329%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paring the edge of the long sides.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Finally, round and attach the spine piece, aka the "gebrochener Rücken" to the text block. <br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pjQv9GOZFh4dzCMjOL2KH_vW3Px7EJUxm3efz20lWSr7_5PvtjaJncgC_IaRAoHUxEmnKxh4kem6trm1z-RRt_cjGGjPiso15l_Kty4gjdk5VI0nCG1l6C3PvYTvc5RBIlEA-oJoN3ZGC58RLC3X70Aoq-gfAYajCqRBZicLXQjyYpISkF5vnl_gNEU/s900/PXL_20210705_141359140-2%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pjQv9GOZFh4dzCMjOL2KH_vW3Px7EJUxm3efz20lWSr7_5PvtjaJncgC_IaRAoHUxEmnKxh4kem6trm1z-RRt_cjGGjPiso15l_Kty4gjdk5VI0nCG1l6C3PvYTvc5RBIlEA-oJoN3ZGC58RLC3X70Aoq-gfAYajCqRBZicLXQjyYpISkF5vnl_gNEU/w400-h225/PXL_20210705_141359140-2%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">"Gebrochener Rücken" attached to the text block.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />There are two methods of doing this.<br /><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Adhesive is applied from the innermost crease outward so that the spine piece is connected to the text block from the fold at the top of the shoulder on.</li><li>Adhesive is applied from the outermost crease outward so that the spine piece is connected to the text block from the base of the shoulder outwards.</li></ol>Both methods are described in the literature, but the first is more common, especially in later manuals. </div><div><br /></div><div>As the structure evolved from a single piece to the modern version with a spine stiffener cut to the width of the spine that is adhered to a strong piece of paper the first became the rule.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuzDNHOPZoNpIcrxJuFnWuZMAkIVDmQvY3ir6Rx3KkWb4kPOMTmXWT03ZZnW8dhsIu-aBLTNhhOWbyt8Z0G-Lz7i9DxuwY73CsuNs_alO8vvXYBpWznoOAZAoRybCKIs0xz_B1k8DDM3n62PRVhhBAfpu5GILazVrT58KsLrkft9KkkgbM-p2BznMN-M/s1000/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken%20old%20vs%20new.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuzDNHOPZoNpIcrxJuFnWuZMAkIVDmQvY3ir6Rx3KkWb4kPOMTmXWT03ZZnW8dhsIu-aBLTNhhOWbyt8Z0G-Lz7i9DxuwY73CsuNs_alO8vvXYBpWznoOAZAoRybCKIs0xz_B1k8DDM3n62PRVhhBAfpu5GILazVrT58KsLrkft9KkkgbM-p2BznMN-M/w400-h200/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken%20old%20vs%20new.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left, the "ur-Bradel" one-piece spine, on the right the later<br />2-piece. The image at right is from the first book structure I learned,<br />and was bound during my 1984 internship in Nuremberg.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Adhering from the top of the should onwards provides for a better text block to cover connection and reduces what I would describe as premature shaken/loose hinges in the context of book repair. With the heavier paper used for this one-piece spine piece, openability will be a little stiffer, but when joints are set with modern bindings this is not an issue.<br /><br /><b>Boards:</b><br /><br />First, let's make the boards so that they have a chance to dry. Laminate 3 or more plys (to equal height of shoulder) each of a heavy water color paper like <a href="https://hiromipaper.com/products/khadi-paper">Khadi</a>, <a href="https://www.cavepaper.com/shop/p/natural-flax">Cave Paper</a>, or similar to make the boards. For this model I used 640gsm "rough" Khadi. [Note: I usually make these as one of the first steps so they are dry, flat, and ready for use at this stage]</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd83sVe7wa23kPGVuQ44O3WNHIZ1yee9VRG6zTvG439Nf2DczkOH4Iyar_6ti03t8QTB0lZnuKU4MiP2u9oSMfkCBKzovysPoYRwM6rKkb1DE06RYI1vA1PeKlxO0acJzlmokJcjGrPhtN12tMBtBBKqmY6NzneNgnb2zhLf3u5v5IIt6wFaeU9kcROjw/s900/PXL_20210711_160405252%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd83sVe7wa23kPGVuQ44O3WNHIZ1yee9VRG6zTvG439Nf2DczkOH4Iyar_6ti03t8QTB0lZnuKU4MiP2u9oSMfkCBKzovysPoYRwM6rKkb1DE06RYI1vA1PeKlxO0acJzlmokJcjGrPhtN12tMBtBBKqmY6NzneNgnb2zhLf3u5v5IIt6wFaeU9kcROjw/w320-h320/PXL_20210711_160405252%20sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The board layers on the completed cut-away model.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Rough cut the sheets you'll be making the boards from so that they are oversized all around. We'll trim later. Glue out the outer layers and adhere to the inner layer to make sure the pull is even. Put in press, crank, take out after 1 minute, put between binders’ board/blotter, and under weight to dry. </div><div><br />Next, attach the boards (still oversized) to the spine piece, aligning just to the outside of the crease at the base of the shoulder. Put in press and give good nip. Note, in addition to paper, this structure was also used for bindings in cloth, leather, and parchment. Depending on the thickness of the covering material adjust the placement of the board outwards. For leather, the material was generally not worked into the groove as it would be for paper, cloth, or parchment.</div><div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xYIyJOAXMxYDeckTZlHk7vGMLOvXOJxc33UqPsCWqHUSFENU232x2EtbT8xBLtLAope8K5izhjym3xHGRNkJnqDvmY2aKV08odmPnW2bcq_EpYx6x1KpSrvqygTUIXOZza1GDp_Pb1tTLuNn2Yf9ofApvEoyL-QtJFQd5wuHqSElcsxNH5wNHzoySaY/s900/PXL_20210705_143800171%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="900" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xYIyJOAXMxYDeckTZlHk7vGMLOvXOJxc33UqPsCWqHUSFENU232x2EtbT8xBLtLAope8K5izhjym3xHGRNkJnqDvmY2aKV08odmPnW2bcq_EpYx6x1KpSrvqygTUIXOZza1GDp_Pb1tTLuNn2Yf9ofApvEoyL-QtJFQd5wuHqSElcsxNH5wNHzoySaY/w400-h220/PXL_20210705_143800171%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of board attachment from inside with layers.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc13vqQx4Y8J_ZslZSpXno1BA-v8HSIXH78j1GEmuF0hVXo867fmA9JQgSGBCLgk2CiPC92-aKS6iEbn83eCNd5mNxMLFJEOt_NFq4ijilvzCyRz-GHkEIUun7PE_yGDn1WPLt7Uq62wV-6yc_0niLo68lA1TIR5Dp_MYUEkK7ff1Rg1IgrOq6Z1U_utw/s900/PXL_20210705_143934421%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="900" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc13vqQx4Y8J_ZslZSpXno1BA-v8HSIXH78j1GEmuF0hVXo867fmA9JQgSGBCLgk2CiPC92-aKS6iEbn83eCNd5mNxMLFJEOt_NFq4ijilvzCyRz-GHkEIUun7PE_yGDn1WPLt7Uq62wV-6yc_0niLo68lA1TIR5Dp_MYUEkK7ff1Rg1IgrOq6Z1U_utw/w400-h368/PXL_20210705_143934421%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both boards are attached.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Trimming boards and spine:</b><br /><br />Next, trim the boards to the final size. To do this traditionally, the German binder would have used an edge-trimming rule that was made with raised “lips” (<a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-3-edge-trimming-rule.html">Kantenlineal</a>) that came in various widths that represented the typical squares that would have been used.</div><div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEY3lpy3OCJiyBM_CdQ_PAcynXR2Ng_FCTPdqYGTwuiet7x8PbayX99WjUmjVlZjRCrUJDqwh9DOyTUecLEDjrEk-1udOD13YuSYdDeDS1SXn-n2VFV3lvExD3fft7uyvELKqsoiSbHzcQDgnwNtovqvuomfTBAtJT5jq8jAYCSaMnK-CMWwqfI-_kbbc/s900/PXL_20210821_160207544%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="900" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEY3lpy3OCJiyBM_CdQ_PAcynXR2Ng_FCTPdqYGTwuiet7x8PbayX99WjUmjVlZjRCrUJDqwh9DOyTUecLEDjrEk-1udOD13YuSYdDeDS1SXn-n2VFV3lvExD3fft7uyvELKqsoiSbHzcQDgnwNtovqvuomfTBAtJT5jq8jAYCSaMnK-CMWwqfI-_kbbc/w400-h299/PXL_20210821_160207544%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting the squares using a Kantenlineal.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5j4aSpdbxzI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>An alternative is to tape/glue together strips of board so the thickness of the 2 layers equals the desired square. Place this flat against the edge of the text block to mark your squares, then use a regular straight-edge to trim.<br /><br />Alternatively, mark the squares slightly taller than the endbands all around, and using a rule and sharp knife (box cutter recommended) trim the boards all around. Finally, use scissors to cut spine stiffener to height. A board shear would be cheating...</div><div><br /><b>Covering:</b><br /><br />Open the book, spine down, on the bench and carefully slit the guard where it is attached to the spine at top and bottom (like a hollow) so that the turn-ins can be made. Also tear away any excess from the guard or waste sheet.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9fOcQGknhocasb27GSU887vI6Gmn10J4cmVA3rzGN1PAq4jr5yc-qtpGh1eTjBN5FA7wCvurRPW4Bft5L8_HA_AIzHgxonsT3AJoQ90tMID-kqGby9JYTPHAF061eGmM7dkOVkHRmaTcEqYnkEUZAtUsZZNfsRj50VI2hvPVBd4U4wTGnup_mfpFE4w/s900/PXL_20231028_162420222%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9fOcQGknhocasb27GSU887vI6Gmn10J4cmVA3rzGN1PAq4jr5yc-qtpGh1eTjBN5FA7wCvurRPW4Bft5L8_HA_AIzHgxonsT3AJoQ90tMID-kqGby9JYTPHAF061eGmM7dkOVkHRmaTcEqYnkEUZAtUsZZNfsRj50VI2hvPVBd4U4wTGnup_mfpFE4w/w400-h300/PXL_20231028_162420222%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slit for turn-ins on completed model.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Cut the covering paper to size so that there is 2 cm turn-in all around.<br /><br />Glue/paste out the entire covering paper. Next, position the text block on the paper so that the turn-ins are even at top, bottom, and foredge.<br /><br />Flip over at edge of table, smooth out and carefully work into groove (A clean piece of paper between covering paper and folder will help protect covering. Next rub down on spine, flip over again, work into groove and then smooth across other board.<br /><br />Next, turn-in starting with top/bottom edges, then foredge. When dry, trim out so that the squares are even.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrPn-phqKGK5J4ycYXD6MM5-AKBJ2lb5dyFJExOw6u5lwjOegB1zGaWNIexlTR0-ZChvmm-EBwBuJwnEPn0Csp6SHhtEJHb9yxblAB332CejlAi4V0DubJ_kV5FzEfAQFtflX9SHSA2LBLruQfnNoWbPeF_XyfMe1FhExShzmlAm6BFfWZGN9qbwHX3g/s900/PXL_20231028_162642070%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="900" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrPn-phqKGK5J4ycYXD6MM5-AKBJ2lb5dyFJExOw6u5lwjOegB1zGaWNIexlTR0-ZChvmm-EBwBuJwnEPn0Csp6SHhtEJHb9yxblAB332CejlAi4V0DubJ_kV5FzEfAQFtflX9SHSA2LBLruQfnNoWbPeF_XyfMe1FhExShzmlAm6BFfWZGN9qbwHX3g/w400-h291/PXL_20231028_162642070%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turned-in and trimmed out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Glue/paste out the doublure and put down. Insert thin cards between board and fly leaves and give nip in press, allow to dry under weight.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIQ4DyB26_U2W7h87tm55lQ0a3BXielBikZt2Gvh3W8-ki1gS1tBSRMf9hokevjgZ7ukRFFP9qRAJpJtwYFjwyynS_2t5Gq70P1ieHSqyu1EEEaTaHZcT-_K0LVv-oiO8-G1VKWprlLsm_Wbs9519IZpLI_7_sG0Ipz6NGxLSoFQim-hAjOHOxq9vNJ8/s900/PXL_20210711_155717852-2%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="900" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIQ4DyB26_U2W7h87tm55lQ0a3BXielBikZt2Gvh3W8-ki1gS1tBSRMf9hokevjgZ7ukRFFP9qRAJpJtwYFjwyynS_2t5Gq70P1ieHSqyu1EEEaTaHZcT-_K0LVv-oiO8-G1VKWprlLsm_Wbs9519IZpLI_7_sG0Ipz6NGxLSoFQim-hAjOHOxq9vNJ8/w400-h321/PXL_20210711_155717852-2%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The completed model.<br />Note the cutaway in the center and the untrimmed board sections,<br />including at the tail of the book.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztLQ2tS1HYDN9n9-Vt_kfbnft_Z0mp_Ei6G2xvyVh3aU3WE0FTsl-YJlfdmda-xRh48D6Mc4RGLd_ECKbUNsfMHeqaQm7PovP_PRJJrP_V3aCo1iOdO9Rv9i20VmKToCj32ArAUiJaooMF_Z1vGEoZ5zqLT0hBautg370G92PrdSky-ZBQExlh_qxH8I/s900/PXL_20211003_155525176%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="900" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztLQ2tS1HYDN9n9-Vt_kfbnft_Z0mp_Ei6G2xvyVh3aU3WE0FTsl-YJlfdmda-xRh48D6Mc4RGLd_ECKbUNsfMHeqaQm7PovP_PRJJrP_V3aCo1iOdO9Rv9i20VmKToCj32ArAUiJaooMF_Z1vGEoZ5zqLT0hBautg370G92PrdSky-ZBQExlh_qxH8I/w400-h250/PXL_20211003_155525176%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the models bound during the workshop.<br />The day was filled with lots of "do as I say, not as I do" moments...<br />Fritz Otto for scale.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><hr width="50%" /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">To </span><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-1-who-was-bradel.html" style="text-align: left;">Disbinding Bradel, Part 1: Who was Bradel? Does it Matter?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-2-walk-through.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 2: A walk through the German bookbinding literature</a>, in which I will focus on the evolution of that which defines this structure – the spine piece and board attachment. <br /><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><hr style="font-weight: 400;" width="50%" /><div style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div><b>Hands-on instructions for modern variants:</b></div></div><ul><li><span style="background-color: white;">Embree, Anna, Deborah Howe, and Consuela Metzger. "This Is What I Call It/This Is How I Do It: Three approaches to a common case binding technique". <i>The Guild of Book Workers Journal</i>, Vol 52, 2023. (pp. 38-56)</span></li><li>Hebert, Henry. "<a href="https://henryhebert.net/2011/11/16/german-paper-bindings-the-lapped-component/">German Paper Bindings: The Lapped Component</a>". <i>Work of the Hand blog</i>, 11/16/2011.</li><li><a href="http://www.atelierdutilleul.ch/crbst_11.html">La reliure autrement… Manuel pour la reliure et la réparation des livres destinés à la conservation à long terme, 2004</a>. See section 2. Reliure bradel.</li><li>Mesmer, Renate. "<a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/default/files/journal/gbwjournal_041_no2.pdf">Edelpappband</a>". <i>The Guild of Book Workers Journal</i>, Vol. 41, Nr. 2, 2004. (pp. 13-17) Describes the in-boards, built up on text block variant. <a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/default/files/standards/2005-Messmer_Renate.pdf">See also the handout</a> from GBW Standards, 2004.</li><li>Rebsamen, Werner - <a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byorg/abbey/an/an11/an11-3/an11-312.html">Gebrochener Rücken,Shaped Spine Case-Binding Techniques</a><span style="background-color: white;">, <i>Abby Newsletter</i>, 1987.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white;">Verheyen, Peter. Tutorials on the <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/p/binding-structures-articles-by-verheyen.html">German case binding, "millimeter"/Edelpappband, "gebrochener Rücken" ("three piece case binding"), and vellum binding</a>.</span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" width="50%" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">As always, I welcome questions, references to additional sources, and other thoughts via the comments. Just remember to cite those sources. Thank you </div><div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-77758807863565642802023-10-22T11:10:00.017-04:002023-11-06T10:21:18.765-05:00Disbinding Bradel, Part 2: A walk through the German bookbinding literature<p style="text-align: left;">Before we dive into the review of the literature, below the key attributes of the Pappband structure, what we in the English speaking world refer to as the "German case binding" or "Bradel".<br /><br /></p><div><hr width="50%" /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">To </span><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-1-who-was-bradel.html" style="text-align: left;">Disbinding Bradel, Part 1: Who was Bradel? Does it Matter?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-3-binding-your.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 3: Binding your Pappband, aka ur-Bradel</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr width="50%" /><div><br /></div></div><div>Before we dive into the literature, below some of the key attributes of the structure as when it would have first appeared:</div></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Simple, often hooked endpapers that include guards/stubs/waste sheet for gluing down frayed out cords or other sewing support such as vellum or leather.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ6F_Ws8qV79Dj13JjwQuy7x2pp1WI6zuMyNswUBPuGOmoYIsZpolG7e5r1TugM4DGb2mbm29Pon7otpmysIQA8MvaMs6z5DAmjhfy8AdN9eMNMI57ltQFUNQGRuMB11yZLb9bnOrhfgVq0-ZIMTSjaRVYvM5fWYwKkA_N9TmU1YMPGeQPwOPXG62cdI/s1000/frayed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="1000" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ6F_Ws8qV79Dj13JjwQuy7x2pp1WI6zuMyNswUBPuGOmoYIsZpolG7e5r1TugM4DGb2mbm29Pon7otpmysIQA8MvaMs6z5DAmjhfy8AdN9eMNMI57ltQFUNQGRuMB11yZLb9bnOrhfgVq0-ZIMTSjaRVYvM5fWYwKkA_N9TmU1YMPGeQPwOPXG62cdI/s320/frayed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Rounded and backed to around 45 degrees</li><li>A spine piece of heavy card, later of separate strip for spine adhered to heavy paper<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhpN00KvaEmN-qqX0k0BcJFlSoPsV9ThqRTOm4luXRhV4Qqxy-Tl6A2HO-s19mSiL8XPj1gPjERHsd-eRFqZ9Hl08KmgzCKC0KAtqPeUE9FOGFk-vBQVRJnASnubNirKQhcZfuebVije4VtgLeppC9zf0fsgMQ8vlsSPhsbmXFvCQat5LpulCjfv5b9g/s1000/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="1000" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhpN00KvaEmN-qqX0k0BcJFlSoPsV9ThqRTOm4luXRhV4Qqxy-Tl6A2HO-s19mSiL8XPj1gPjERHsd-eRFqZ9Hl08KmgzCKC0KAtqPeUE9FOGFk-vBQVRJnASnubNirKQhcZfuebVije4VtgLeppC9zf0fsgMQ8vlsSPhsbmXFvCQat5LpulCjfv5b9g/s320/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><ul><li>large enough to act as wrapper for brochures</li><li>Spine structure/formation was also used for parchment bindings.</li><li>"Gebrochener Rücken", "gebrochen" from “brechen”, to brake (bend/fold as in sheet metal) <br /><br /></li></ul><li>Spine piece shaped, rounded, and adhered to guards/stub<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGujOHDzs-QZuWUG6xXqIGCqaeHzPDQ5x0iL3ptp9EbsbFCv8rIxpmbQaBQHysYU5wDsCmL920DcEgZ0INbEYWMLkkgVOj3nF5eBrv87mBWbBQFDzI_uo9QYEAX70gFRF5P62ZIeJZNs-uMI154bkspvV2Yl38rleHkRGxbT92Fw0n4aFR7E7-NxzATY/s1000/spine%20attached.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="1000" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGujOHDzs-QZuWUG6xXqIGCqaeHzPDQ5x0iL3ptp9EbsbFCv8rIxpmbQaBQHysYU5wDsCmL920DcEgZ0INbEYWMLkkgVOj3nF5eBrv87mBWbBQFDzI_uo9QYEAX70gFRF5P62ZIeJZNs-uMI154bkspvV2Yl38rleHkRGxbT92Fw0n4aFR7E7-NxzATY/s320/spine%20attached.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Boards adhered to spine piece at base of shoulder<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-PcSxmrloMYKUpRWvjDI3WB1V2oRBuQzNhVxKuCoyx7lM9XHE5mUEqrQlivNP17Q4TiYmCnw0KolV-M8wHvKLzQOmvNd-MAeG49PB_1QTwf0whlaVnjkcbBxeh49v_8JVnN2c_Wc48damnP4yDRRvxKyuvIyw0Y_HH2TsWeiIOpPUl4I26HzeOyVhZg/s1000/bds%20attached.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1000" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-PcSxmrloMYKUpRWvjDI3WB1V2oRBuQzNhVxKuCoyx7lM9XHE5mUEqrQlivNP17Q4TiYmCnw0KolV-M8wHvKLzQOmvNd-MAeG49PB_1QTwf0whlaVnjkcbBxeh49v_8JVnN2c_Wc48damnP4yDRRvxKyuvIyw0Y_HH2TsWeiIOpPUl4I26HzeOyVhZg/s320/bds%20attached.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Boards and spine piece trimmed to final dimensions</li><li>Cover</li><li>Put down ends/case in.</li><ul><li>Later, would also be worked as case binding using same components.</li></ul></ul>To find the documented origins of this structure, we will now travel back in time to the earliest German manuals, and work our way forward into the early 20th century when modern, comprehensive manuals codified many structures and processes. With one exception, I will not trace other traditions, e.g. the French, but welcome others with the language skills and training to do so.<br /><p>Like many early bookbinding manuals, the German manuals are minimally illustrated and written for a trade that would have learned the techniques starting as apprentices working at the bench under the guidance of journeymen and masters. Those manuals would have served as references. If illustrations were included, they were generalized depictions of binderies with various processes shown, such as frontispieces, some diagrams for e.g. folding signatures or of tools, and fold-out plates that showed a variety of tools. That changed in the mid-/late 19th century when in addition to diagrams, they were illustrated with the latest in bookbinding and related machines, sometimes including the hands of the maker and operators. Readers would have been familiar with what was being described. They are far removed from many of today’s manuals with step-by-step, fully illustrated instructions.</p>The manuals would begin by describing foundational steps such as beating, folding, and sewing in general terms, followed by specific binding types, referencing the steps, especially where they differ. The appropriate endpaper construction for these “Pappband” bindings would be selected from the simpler ones, often plain, but also colored. These could be hooked around the first and last sections, be a plain double folio sections, and later, a tipped-on folio. There could also be a combination of hooked paper guards and/or waste sheets, and later sewn cloth hinges that might be selected. Spines would be lined after rounding/backing and endbanding with strong paper, or in the case of heavier books parchment or cloth under the paper that might extend onto the guards. <div><br /></div><div>The survey of the binding literature that follows focuses on the core element of what we refer to as the "Bradel" structure, the “gebrochene Rücken”, also referred to in English as spine stiffener, lapped component, or bonnet. During our walk through the German binding literature, we will see how this structure evolved over time to become the one we are familiar with today.<br /><br />
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<br /><b>Zeidler in his <a href="https://www.digitale-bibliothek-mv.de/viewer/image/PPN75225815X/1/LOG_0000/"><i>Buchbinder Philosophie oder Einleitung…</i></a> (1708)</b> describes sewing the text on cord/vellum/leather slips, rounding and backing and lining the spine with parchment or linen strips between sewing supports and extending beyond spine. The sewing supports (cords frayed out) would then be adhered to a guard/waste sheet that was part of the endpapers. A wrapper for the book would be made out of one piece of card fit to the shape of the text block at top and bottom of the shoulder. This would be attached to the text via the guard or waste sheet (Ansetzfalz). Finally, it was trimmed tight to the text, like what would later be called a brochure. The same process of shaping the spine was also applied to lined parchment when that was used as a covering material. (pp. 100-03)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQknG2XM4HqTfhgYj_Ck9Na7X53L2iEIU6IsMraueUu9QVAtuoX4j0zMaY2h9-w1E7yxNfbK06ikJJVIkfk4O-5_i3dpZ3Cv-ugRGmB9fDwx6Ylg6BxugHVuKUccHaQCra-O_8NFdATujzbJrm41QzRNj_OX0O-YAsJQ9MEyvfHzC9H2RXihoM7IJrl4g/s1000/Peachey%20Pappband%201772.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="1000" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQknG2XM4HqTfhgYj_Ck9Na7X53L2iEIU6IsMraueUu9QVAtuoX4j0zMaY2h9-w1E7yxNfbK06ikJJVIkfk4O-5_i3dpZ3Cv-ugRGmB9fDwx6Ylg6BxugHVuKUccHaQCra-O_8NFdATujzbJrm41QzRNj_OX0O-YAsJQ9MEyvfHzC9H2RXihoM7IJrl4g/w400-h151/Peachey%20Pappband%201772.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Oevres du Comte Alagrotti</i>, Berlin, 1772.<br />A simple wrapper. Just one small step from a <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2012/06/german-stiffened-paper-bindings-1.html">Steifbroschure</a>.<br />Note folds at shoulder, sewing supports under hooked pastedown.<br />From the collection of <a href="https://jeffpeachey.com/">Jeff Peachey</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_JMwPpNUbhytZVvlYeKVMEI8-AQ7oGoo9mOt78iq-BTU9uQuoqxpGMICi87z3ge-3SyyEPdL_sbbcpy60e_Dy7KI4euoPcT5LpSZzHPPTg6oVgVVqZEnBtNp2mbxzi_bJDfyvNH8voiGSlf35Nct9yXBYojEFYBjE_zsYOdd4wGyKetIklIzXdhDx8U/s1000/Zeidler%20title,%201708.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="539" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_JMwPpNUbhytZVvlYeKVMEI8-AQ7oGoo9mOt78iq-BTU9uQuoqxpGMICi87z3ge-3SyyEPdL_sbbcpy60e_Dy7KI4euoPcT5LpSZzHPPTg6oVgVVqZEnBtNp2mbxzi_bJDfyvNH8voiGSlf35Nct9yXBYojEFYBjE_zsYOdd4wGyKetIklIzXdhDx8U/w215-h400/Zeidler%20title,%201708.png" width="215" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Zeidler, 1708.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Prediger in his <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433057069936&seq=11"><i>Der in aller heut zu Tag üblichen Arbeit wohl anweisende accurate Buchbinder und Futteralmacher</i></a> (1772)</b>, while discussing paper board bindings, describes fraying out the cords using a <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-1-fray-shield-aufschabeblech.html">fray shield (Aufschabeblech)</a>, and adhering them to the waste sheet/guard after sewing and gluing up the spine. (pp. 91-93). These steps were also described in his section on parchment covered bindings where we begin to encounter the spine piece. Here, a piece of card would be cut taller and wider than the spine. Various units were used to describe this extra width in the literature, from 2-3 fingers wide, to 1-3 “Zoll” (similar to inches), to centimeters. The spine would then be measured, and the marks transferred to the card denoting the top of the shoulder. A second set of marks equivalent to the distance from the top to the base of the shoulder would then be made to the outside of the first marks. The card would then be folded (Rückenbrechen; first use of term “brechen”) at the marks so that when rounded it fit tight to the spine. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9amA6gbOxpV4zOZRHjh1P1B36hbfqZ6ENRK10a1CqCbHgD5qwzQW4S8-jy-VbkqkaoPf1gkl5O4nXfJBGfdpxKXACEw7oV_JHW0sse_mTFc17vP0NbPwz7oyj1i8F4Uv1wjWu4LKTZnTdhaPXkdxEJtkOsI_1sW1iO3ZbXU0QIRBpvqaxAfsk-JyxtE/s592/Prediger%20Brechen%20p%20113,%201772.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="592" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9amA6gbOxpV4zOZRHjh1P1B36hbfqZ6ENRK10a1CqCbHgD5qwzQW4S8-jy-VbkqkaoPf1gkl5O4nXfJBGfdpxKXACEw7oV_JHW0sse_mTFc17vP0NbPwz7oyj1i8F4Uv1wjWu4LKTZnTdhaPXkdxEJtkOsI_1sW1iO3ZbXU0QIRBpvqaxAfsk-JyxtE/w400-h68/Prediger%20Brechen%20p%20113,%201772.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Rückenbrechen" in Prediger, p. 113.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This spine piece would then be adhered to the guards and then the boards adhered on top, lining up with the fold at the bottom of the shoulder. Then trim to size and cover. While described in the context of a parchment binding, the structure and steps are like those of what would be called a “Pappband” (paper binding). (pp. 106-8, 113-)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrIyn3VvazQMTc2puVgB40NEuapB2Ibjk5eHmz53uvCsiw_MlzF4v5T4EtQSeuYvK-UpAF5aEyxeClkcnDI5bInfbIsUAcRN8vwh0cEp85VUbWSU1VLnTFPmOGkuhyphenhyphenzFpYk8qRolW-nSxllLJuMPhwVE6jnschp34lAWSz-ma0O3h-tkIfNEF5CEOQ8o/s1860/Prediger%20title,%201772.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrIyn3VvazQMTc2puVgB40NEuapB2Ibjk5eHmz53uvCsiw_MlzF4v5T4EtQSeuYvK-UpAF5aEyxeClkcnDI5bInfbIsUAcRN8vwh0cEp85VUbWSU1VLnTFPmOGkuhyphenhyphenzFpYk8qRolW-nSxllLJuMPhwVE6jnschp34lAWSz-ma0O3h-tkIfNEF5CEOQ8o/w238-h400/Prediger%20title,%201772.png" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Prediger, 1772.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Bücking’s <a href="https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10304476?page=1"><i>Die Kunst des Buchbindens</i></a> (1785)</b> in discussing the “Pappband” describes a similar treatment of the spine, but rather than fraying out the cords and adhering to the guard, he first makes the spine piece, laces the cords through before adhering the spine piece to the guards, and finally gluing the cords on top of that. Finally, the boards are attached. (pp 266-67) </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6qsQZOjkl3miC_IsSec3Uv6t7k6jT8zt4xy5q6vlONfaVLjpSgOOn1hAImQTKiDHPByFRd88kDY057vcLFS2uJ0q2Puh4oqsSwrFxeAIkClj65jvd-J3FfkoQekpqStuZXw4IpxhqekLr_c0P5cxHUj6wLocxS9xlU3b-3StmxQdjr3eSbwlVzVPh2g/s2046/B%C3%BCcking%20title,%201785.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="1167" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6qsQZOjkl3miC_IsSec3Uv6t7k6jT8zt4xy5q6vlONfaVLjpSgOOn1hAImQTKiDHPByFRd88kDY057vcLFS2uJ0q2Puh4oqsSwrFxeAIkClj65jvd-J3FfkoQekpqStuZXw4IpxhqekLr_c0P5cxHUj6wLocxS9xlU3b-3StmxQdjr3eSbwlVzVPh2g/w229-h400/B%C3%BCcking%20title,%201785.png" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Bücking, 1785.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In contemporary binding, Jen Lindsay’s <a href="https://thebookandpapergathering.org/2023/09/28/two-case-studies-in-restraint/">“fundamental” or “simplified-simplified”</a> binding structure, also used to good effect by Karen Hanmer who refers to it as the “<a href="https://karenhanmer.com/gallery/p/ems-laminated-handout">even more simplified binding</a>”, adapt Bückings idea in creative ways.</div><div><br /><b>[s.n.] </b><b><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433057069209&seq=7"><i>Anweisung zur Buchbinderkunst</i></a>, (1802)</b> writes that after backing…, fray out the cords and paste/glue down on stubs (Flügel/Falz) (pp. 128-9). Next, create the wrapper from one piece of board. To measure width of spine, flatten the spine of the text block, mark, and break/crease (brechet, gebrochene) at shoulder and to the outside of the first creases to create the wrapper. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjPV08FNh6x8TN9ZHpYDdtcPBonhVZvJsBgOQ6wgL8y-8dxwUtc55ZiPXdAzn2IYShOSlt4lgYofiLsYJtWy9eXA21sn9PXGHw_i2RIXaebBI00sW5KpSVnohdrtfJelT3VjyXh2kneBFydJYlEyEpaoKnyvFx7ShHh1-3rymGcfhXCcr3STtySC0BGM/s605/Brechen,%20Anweisung%20zur%20Buchbinderkunst,%201802%20p%20138.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="605" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjPV08FNh6x8TN9ZHpYDdtcPBonhVZvJsBgOQ6wgL8y-8dxwUtc55ZiPXdAzn2IYShOSlt4lgYofiLsYJtWy9eXA21sn9PXGHw_i2RIXaebBI00sW5KpSVnohdrtfJelT3VjyXh2kneBFydJYlEyEpaoKnyvFx7ShHh1-3rymGcfhXCcr3STtySC0BGM/w400-h148/Brechen,%20Anweisung%20zur%20Buchbinderkunst,%201802%20p%20138.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">"Brechet" and "gebrochene" from <i>Anweisung</i>, p. 138.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Then. apply glue to stubs, fit the wrapper, and place in the press. Next, tear away the excess paper from stubs, make cuts in stub for turn-ins at head and tail, and trim to final size. Finally, cut the covering paper to size including turn-ins, paste out and apply, also turning in. Afterwards, put down board sheets. If thicker boards are desired cut thinner board to the needed height with stubs to either side. Then. break per earlier example, edge-pare the long sides, apply to stubs of endpapers, and put in press. Next, cut thicker boards to size, apply to spine piece and press; Covering steps would be the same as with the one-piece wrapper. (pp. 138-40) The text also provides general tips regarding the kinds of papers used for covering, the use paste as adhesive, waiting until dry before pressing so that the covering (e.g. paste paper) doesn’t stick to the press boards, working the covering across boards and spine, turning-in, and putting down the board sheet (anpappen). (pp.148-50)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxr1rejhFVia7bLLWyh-lhrfJs3dn0VIHFhx8UqNaTGNTjJzxQHSnoLHLDpwLFsNroAer0IW6wzMuxtg6mz2DWl6VxZh20hQMR4uqsl6w-KMq0LRcRkLivEEWZTyQcQRCXKN5qz-k_pAuHF_tlY9u8DOPuzKC3wxB-R4FB_se_8MtNvDda7G6fw1tK58/s895/Anweisung%20zur%20Buchbinderkunst,%201802.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="535" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxr1rejhFVia7bLLWyh-lhrfJs3dn0VIHFhx8UqNaTGNTjJzxQHSnoLHLDpwLFsNroAer0IW6wzMuxtg6mz2DWl6VxZh20hQMR4uqsl6w-KMq0LRcRkLivEEWZTyQcQRCXKN5qz-k_pAuHF_tlY9u8DOPuzKC3wxB-R4FB_se_8MtNvDda7G6fw1tK58/w239-h400/Anweisung%20zur%20Buchbinderkunst,%201802.png" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to <i style="text-align: left;">Anweisung</i>, 1802.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Greve’s <a href="http://digital.slub-dresden.de/id323358608/7"><i>Hand- und Lehrbuch der Buchbindekunst</i></a> (1823)</b> is written in an epistolary style that does not differ substantively from the preceding texts, but is the first to mention of the term “gebrochenen Rücken” (p. 327) in this way. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2NgkWm_y470LLcjsQsLM3Vp7k_YOSyMwHgdBnfWeDopcnNeEdqzoTXGaKi8Uht7vw7i7q5DJigch8JgP5CJMgwtDlXw3Y8Xzk_9vjvgwXcX35CQGSookOey_RFCMkO0SAohKBNlRhRMJPwLXl-FEoRicMGYe8s3IxgOOUDstgDuwpCfCAiDgI3pg-Ko/s635/Greve%20gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken%20p%20327,%201823.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="635" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2NgkWm_y470LLcjsQsLM3Vp7k_YOSyMwHgdBnfWeDopcnNeEdqzoTXGaKi8Uht7vw7i7q5DJigch8JgP5CJMgwtDlXw3Y8Xzk_9vjvgwXcX35CQGSookOey_RFCMkO0SAohKBNlRhRMJPwLXl-FEoRicMGYe8s3IxgOOUDstgDuwpCfCAiDgI3pg-Ko/w400-h129/Greve%20gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken%20p%20327,%201823.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Gebrochen", "gebrochener Rücken" in Greve, p. 327.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>It is also the first to mention (later with H. Bauer (1899), C. Bauer & A. Franke (1903), and A. Franke (1922)) that when adhering the spine piece, the adhesive should only be applied from the outer shoulder folds outwards, leaving the shoulder NOT adhered to the cover. Further, it is also the first to explicitly connect this structure to coverings other than paper, mentioning to leave more space in the groove dependent on thickness of covering material, as well as the sequence for covering if a quarter binding. (pp. 325-334)</div><div><br />Discussing tools for backing and shaping the spine, Greve mentions the use of a <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-2-kashiereisen_10.html">Kaschiereisen and Kaschierholz (Frottoirs)</a> (pg. 214-15) in addition to the hammer. He is also the first to mention <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-3-edge-trimming-rule.html">edge trimming rules (Kantenlineal)</a> (p. 329) that facilitate cutting even board squares. The springback, an English invention is also mentioned. (p. 336)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj5yuoMG_zv1cNH04ibDoP6td6aPUYs-prxojzhtpuBLkKfyULQJVajvvAWubteZERmhLGATnYSy2PmALQbs5UUlA-hjU7-s5REI2n-aSX3rIG3f0jD3iDtFQGSqwXJsEt2REGwYT2eArQFHk9b56XNHM02fL5XW0-9JXDXyjE8Hldh5wUtVzGUJcGq0/s888/Greve,%201823.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj5yuoMG_zv1cNH04ibDoP6td6aPUYs-prxojzhtpuBLkKfyULQJVajvvAWubteZERmhLGATnYSy2PmALQbs5UUlA-hjU7-s5REI2n-aSX3rIG3f0jD3iDtFQGSqwXJsEt2REGwYT2eArQFHk9b56XNHM02fL5XW0-9JXDXyjE8Hldh5wUtVzGUJcGq0/w230-h400/Greve,%201823.png" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Greve, 1823.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Le Normand’s <a href="https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/image/949551805/2/LOG_0000/"><i>Die Buchbinderkunst in allen ihren Verrichtungen, oder Handbuch für Buchbinder und Liebhaber dieser Kunst</i></a> (1832)</b> is a translation from the first French edition titled <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6429193h"><i>Manuel du relieur dans toutes ses parties</i></a> (1827). In the original French, the bindings is described as “Cartonnage allemand, dit à la Bradel”, “paper binding in the German style, called Bradel”. In this German translation it is introduced as “Von dem Cartonniren nach Bradel’scher oder teutscher Manier” (pg. 139), invented by a “German binder who achieved some note for it”. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfOw8nigN-4Zjj3qQr7FDYk4jNyIPCiWDtpnQAKM3VqV1SswUCMSDBBEPVahO0IqlkzVsncdQDbdoGxD3279JOIpblGrDWD8hrsWsM0oD_6BakqUzDK0zaRp0tKx86Kkg1pKufZultT0j5fR2bC-5OrDC4SkgbJcYoG3NhrTIOfZ2gXVhgiY48aP0C_s/s560/Le%20Normand%20Bradel,%201832.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="560" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfOw8nigN-4Zjj3qQr7FDYk4jNyIPCiWDtpnQAKM3VqV1SswUCMSDBBEPVahO0IqlkzVsncdQDbdoGxD3279JOIpblGrDWD8hrsWsM0oD_6BakqUzDK0zaRp0tKx86Kkg1pKufZultT0j5fR2bC-5OrDC4SkgbJcYoG3NhrTIOfZ2gXVhgiY48aP0C_s/w400-h213/Le%20Normand%20Bradel,%201832.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bradel in Le Normand, pg. 139.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>It is the only text that references a “Bradel”. After sewing and backing, the binder is directed to make an “Einlag-Papier”, the term used instead of “gebrochene Rücken”. This spine piece is made by measuring the width of the spine, then folding at the shoulders and in the opposite direction at the base of the shoulder. After rounding to the shape of the spine, adhesive is brushed onto the guard to the shoulder taking care not to get it onto the endpaper and then the piece is fit snuggly to the text block and placed in a press between boards. Next, the boards are attached to the spine piece, pressed, and then trimmed to size before the next steps of covering. (p. 141-2)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOJhQ_fSc6A7_4NdvJr1PlyJhSwf-EQTaQ08GcrDq_aLaCPBMiJvwgyFEGwZSSBN32ddcL_xBY8KarH_27DK0GBH8JqiB59sRIOgglUxjh8Radr7SAMchfR8iyClYy99epkdZa3_70noUTyKxsHxP_5uU7Sa_Ef50-T7Jz54RncdauHlYKaI9ahauG_8/s1000/Le%20Normand,%201832.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="635" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOJhQ_fSc6A7_4NdvJr1PlyJhSwf-EQTaQ08GcrDq_aLaCPBMiJvwgyFEGwZSSBN32ddcL_xBY8KarH_27DK0GBH8JqiB59sRIOgglUxjh8Radr7SAMchfR8iyClYy99epkdZa3_70noUTyKxsHxP_5uU7Sa_Ef50-T7Jz54RncdauHlYKaI9ahauG_8/w254-h400/Le%20Normand,%201832.png" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Le Normande, 1832.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Schäfer’s <a href="https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/28650/8"><i>Vollständiges Handbuch der Buchbinderkunst</i></a> (1845)</b> describes the same general structure as those preceding. It also mentions the Kaschiereisen (Frottoir) for backing and shaping the spine. (pp. 91-95)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3R7nwTy2Fr3qa6Q3rOaYksNd3_1V9lVrJSjn72qKZRJSO_sKxIb5q__RkM7Svro1L8r3pj5Nvp-CGMcufVxnZC7y92UST0y0tOUtCHFuIWfs7SrGo2j3q16FB_q3FvhCJ6KrkZqRyjS_fOvHBxClkvAKS5w1bLN1P7w7O5do_Tg2zdxZsqsVCHqVCXw/s1565/Sch%C3%A4fer%20title,%201845%20.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="928" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3R7nwTy2Fr3qa6Q3rOaYksNd3_1V9lVrJSjn72qKZRJSO_sKxIb5q__RkM7Svro1L8r3pj5Nvp-CGMcufVxnZC7y92UST0y0tOUtCHFuIWfs7SrGo2j3q16FB_q3FvhCJ6KrkZqRyjS_fOvHBxClkvAKS5w1bLN1P7w7O5do_Tg2zdxZsqsVCHqVCXw/w238-h400/Sch%C3%A4fer%20title,%201845%20.png" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Schäfer, 1845.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Thon’s <a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Ts0-AAAAcAAJ/page/n3/mode/2up"><i>Die Kunst Bücher zu binden</i></a> (1856)</b> continues the use of the term “gebrochener Rücken” for the spine. (p. 208)<br /><br />In a later edition (1865), he describes the original one-piece construction of this spine piece, but for the first time, the 2-piece construction we now use where the spine stiffener is glued to a piece of heavier paper. In this, the spine stiffener is cut from card to the width of the spine and glued onto a wider strip of heavy paper so that the width would be equivalent to that of the then traditional one-piece spine piece. Like the traditional, it would be edge pared and adhered to the guards. Like Greve it mentioned adjusting the board position for the thickness of the covering material. Thon was also the first to describe this structure for use as a case binding, suggesting that one attach the spine piece to the guards with two dabs of glue, then attach the boards, cover, and pop off to stamp the cover or spine. Before this, labels would have been used. The case is then reattached properly and the ends put down. Thon also described creating the case without the connecting strip, mentioning that this was suited to mass production and that a hollow could be used to secure it to the text block. (pp. 331-342)</div><div><br /></div><div>So, the "gebrochene Rücken" evolved from example at left to that at right:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuzDNHOPZoNpIcrxJuFnWuZMAkIVDmQvY3ir6Rx3KkWb4kPOMTmXWT03ZZnW8dhsIu-aBLTNhhOWbyt8Z0G-Lz7i9DxuwY73CsuNs_alO8vvXYBpWznoOAZAoRybCKIs0xz_B1k8DDM3n62PRVhhBAfpu5GILazVrT58KsLrkft9KkkgbM-p2BznMN-M/s1000/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken%20old%20vs%20new.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuzDNHOPZoNpIcrxJuFnWuZMAkIVDmQvY3ir6Rx3KkWb4kPOMTmXWT03ZZnW8dhsIu-aBLTNhhOWbyt8Z0G-Lz7i9DxuwY73CsuNs_alO8vvXYBpWznoOAZAoRybCKIs0xz_B1k8DDM3n62PRVhhBAfpu5GILazVrT58KsLrkft9KkkgbM-p2BznMN-M/w400-h200/gebrochener%20r%C3%BCcken%20old%20vs%20new.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left, the "ur-Bradel one-piece spine, on the right the later<br />2-piece. The image is from the first book structure I learned<br />and bound during my 1984 internship in Nuremberg.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LBwqN0f_wfvqnGuqXL2HeC_Vns3t3PE0pBkBEVJfS3xyTxlqfxA-SBzOdENGyrk2QDWlPjd-gX7QsOdAyo9d02iPMTZSqBohvkenDd7u09zsV_rqqNnb0pOW1AhYDsf4rZH8kFmEbTynh0mkRvuv0tvJGRR95tX03CGzy_ahHvrpmVPRpAk1kgITP5M/s1000/Thon%20title,%201856.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="623" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LBwqN0f_wfvqnGuqXL2HeC_Vns3t3PE0pBkBEVJfS3xyTxlqfxA-SBzOdENGyrk2QDWlPjd-gX7QsOdAyo9d02iPMTZSqBohvkenDd7u09zsV_rqqNnb0pOW1AhYDsf4rZH8kFmEbTynh0mkRvuv0tvJGRR95tX03CGzy_ahHvrpmVPRpAk1kgITP5M/w249-h400/Thon%20title,%201856.png" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Thon, 1856.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>L. Brade’s <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015064509113&seq=7"><i>Illustrirtes Buchbinderbuch</i></a> (1882)</b>, no connection any Bradel, repeats the two variants of spine piece described by Thon. In describing the newer construction using a spine stiffener of card with a heavy paper strip to connect it to the text block, he points out that it is easier to apply and better suited to thin books. While no reason is given, the paper folds better and is more flexible resulting in better openability. Brade also mentions the suitability of the structure for bindings covered in paper, cloth, some leathers, and parchment. (Pg. 202) Published in numerous editions, it remained largely unchanged on this topic, e.g. the 1892 edition.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJKaXXpPCc4FjHE3HSAzkeadtE5CidxdZ_B99DRiq3aBdJMfRCIjfvZVI1TiNU_4IqduOfCndEiME6OaMHF9dI0Og7v13VLfe-c6ziLNi1ffFBUpIeCpkiaEQT2JrKSsi1ZhfadDShYqdJSMQs6vpbEKWZWXhcYomwQDnt_4VxQLet5aJTr2YVt6VDCo/s970/L.%20Brade%20title%201882.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJKaXXpPCc4FjHE3HSAzkeadtE5CidxdZ_B99DRiq3aBdJMfRCIjfvZVI1TiNU_4IqduOfCndEiME6OaMHF9dI0Og7v13VLfe-c6ziLNi1ffFBUpIeCpkiaEQT2JrKSsi1ZhfadDShYqdJSMQs6vpbEKWZWXhcYomwQDnt_4VxQLet5aJTr2YVt6VDCo/w275-h400/L.%20Brade%20title%201882.png" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Brade, 1882</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Adam</b> was one of the most prolific German bookbinding instructors and authors of the late 19th early 20th centuries, arguably responsible for much of the codification of techniques that resulted in Luers, Rhein, and Wiese.<br /><br />Both versions of the spine piece (1-piece card, 2-piece paper and card) and the method of attachment were described in <i><b>Systematisches Lehr- und Handbuch der Buchbinderei</b></i> (1882) and <i><b><a href="https://archive.org/details/b29354109">Der Bucheinband, seine Technik und seine Geschichte</a></b></i> (1890). </div><div><br /></div><div>In the 1882 text, Adam writes to "cut “gebrochener Rücken” from card slightly longer and 2 finger widths wider/ side than spine of book, then edge-pare the long edges so as to avoid step under paste down. To stiffen the spine further, e.g. a large, heavy book, cut a strip of heavy paper/thin card height of gebrochener Rücken, then measure and mark width of spine centered on strip at top and bottom, score and fold. Finally make the parallel folds for the groove, also accounting for thickness of covering material. (pg. 279)</div><div><br /></div><div>The more modern alternative described a few pages later is made of a.spine stiffener (Einlage) cut to width of spine and glued centered on heavier paper that is wider to allow for attachment to text block and of boards. (pg. 281) For both styles, apply paste/glue to stub of waste sheet (Flügelfalz) with frayed out cords pasted on top or bottom of “Flügel” of the Rücken (Einlage to inside), rub down, apply boards and press. Trim fore-edge, cover...</div><div><br /></div><div>Other things mentioned include that for this structure, the shoulder created by the swell from sewing was usually sufficient (pg. 155), and that the cover was “eingehangen“ (cased-in) a departure from the traditional in-boards/built up method. Due to the flexibility of the “gebrochener Rücken”, it could easily be applied to both.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGUg8LLWt3L9dL5SR4_WuMH-QSs4ECbGuEGVS9aSMXUVoOqiDpPCGeo2DU-TnxBAof01op-yog30hypYYDB-7fMwz3hK2FvG15pj6AUCKnUpwSwoMgg_GY83dNvcMRXwU41zpgwfiU8P-yr2kobvwXmrmKSXQYzshuKEdh7pB2Km8DTZc6hRBEIwkkAU/s1000/adam-systematisches-lehr-und-handbuch-.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="633" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGUg8LLWt3L9dL5SR4_WuMH-QSs4ECbGuEGVS9aSMXUVoOqiDpPCGeo2DU-TnxBAof01op-yog30hypYYDB-7fMwz3hK2FvG15pj6AUCKnUpwSwoMgg_GY83dNvcMRXwU41zpgwfiU8P-yr2kobvwXmrmKSXQYzshuKEdh7pB2Km8DTZc6hRBEIwkkAU/w254-h400/adam-systematisches-lehr-und-handbuch-.png" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page from Adam, 1882.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In the 1890 text, <i><b>Der Bucheinband</b>... </i>these descriptions are largely unchanged from the 1882 text.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS7VzVCcmEtI3AV0ZlRb27WwEQRc8t6nQ9LUAKzRd8ynLPXv21k3BHZTM4T9NiudpI-Y7fwxHk_nDCrRcyZ7rJSLGdS2mZkJKvPGnHXjla8BoNCSg7WJtM2sGSVEgZKAaHbbZHGmhK-6VTgBG6n5HUGjgflyRl8tZPA-mMT1GYn_sNS3E-5POw_bkTK8/s973/Adam-Der_Bucheinband__seine_Technik_und_seine_Geschichte,%201890.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="626" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxS7VzVCcmEtI3AV0ZlRb27WwEQRc8t6nQ9LUAKzRd8ynLPXv21k3BHZTM4T9NiudpI-Y7fwxHk_nDCrRcyZ7rJSLGdS2mZkJKvPGnHXjla8BoNCSg7WJtM2sGSVEgZKAaHbbZHGmhK-6VTgBG6n5HUGjgflyRl8tZPA-mMT1GYn_sNS3E-5POw_bkTK8/w258-h400/Adam-Der_Bucheinband__seine_Technik_und_seine_Geschichte,%201890.png" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page to Adam, 1890.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b>Adam’s <i><a href="aktischen_Arbeiten_des_Buchbinders/EonPAAAAMAAJ?gbpv=1">Die praktischen Arbeiten des Buchbinders</a></i> (1898)</b>, is the first German manual that was translated into English as <b><i><a href="https://archive.org/details/practicalbookbin00adam">Practical Bookbinding</a></i> (1903)</b>. It is also the first to illustrate the “gebrochener Rücken” spine piece in the more modern version with a card strip adhered to a wider strip of paper describing it as a “Pappbandrücken” (paper binding spine). In the English edition. This was referred to as the “springback” because it was not adhered to the spine itself and formed a hollow. It extended over the spine and underneath the cover (4-5 cm wider on each side) with “backing”, a "spine stiffener" of same material, exact width of spine. It is not to be confused with the “Sprungrücken” (springback ledger-style).</div><div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcOgu2RtBOWDnZ8lunm4-XOoMWu4p8cOgY17zWqYdXDHUJYs93xAMX16B4CFmNuHAaBO8uHlVjqxLpL_RiTwxmL-QMHcSCsQzDsKjiUHykWsDAky2GKsZYqr0kvhWsvFFGR_n7J5MJwznUr4rVo72ErPFVpnGsSpJGliVi5FbTluo669syDzKiuFHRBs/s446/Gebrochene%20R%C3%BCcken%20aus%20Adam,%201898,%201903.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="446" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcOgu2RtBOWDnZ8lunm4-XOoMWu4p8cOgY17zWqYdXDHUJYs93xAMX16B4CFmNuHAaBO8uHlVjqxLpL_RiTwxmL-QMHcSCsQzDsKjiUHykWsDAky2GKsZYqr0kvhWsvFFGR_n7J5MJwznUr4rVo72ErPFVpnGsSpJGliVi5FbTluo669syDzKiuFHRBs/w400-h188/Gebrochene%20R%C3%BCcken%20aus%20Adam,%201898,%201903.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Gebrochener Pappbandrücken" (1898) at left,<br />translated as "spring back" (1903) at right.<br /><br />Note that the "spine stiffener" is to the inside of the connecting paper strip.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNwViJWsJatarkoRxq9qhKv7JiRmT3CzNGZFAlac-VoAx_F5rkMZTu97V4-C_D4PcMhoK2jcWJZVMkBqDshBjlVXlhw3BnPg1BeaGJpKHRamPjPrpH0Ann81EnOs9sIIAdoRJ3t15EnLfQSwzvw4PsfFO7smHMr4xE_oDhLFyyCaUJzKtDIXrj_OfKKI/s1000/Adam-Practical_Bookbinding.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1000" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNwViJWsJatarkoRxq9qhKv7JiRmT3CzNGZFAlac-VoAx_F5rkMZTu97V4-C_D4PcMhoK2jcWJZVMkBqDshBjlVXlhw3BnPg1BeaGJpKHRamPjPrpH0Ann81EnOs9sIIAdoRJ3t15EnLfQSwzvw4PsfFO7smHMr4xE_oDhLFyyCaUJzKtDIXrj_OfKKI/w400-h316/Adam-Practical_Bookbinding.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title pages from Adam, 1898 & 1903.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>H. Bauer’s <i><a href="https://digitalesammlungen.uni-weimar.de/viewer/image/PPN662155092/1/">Katechismus der Buchbinderei</a></i> (1899)</b> written in the form of a dialog describes the spine piece as being made from 2 pieces of card, one the width of the spine, the other wider. As with this structure, the narrower piece was adhered centered to the wider piece. Unlike most other descriptions (excepting Greve (1823), C. Bauer (1903), and A. Franke (1922), it was only adhered to the guards from the outer folds at the base of the shoulder only. (pp. 137-39)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwD27217zJHpTSHDifhO1fVaOC2WHeTYnagNX7YCobGyXiFb7LX7w4xx53SJSfH1Mb2ckTFjaJ_AZUHRoTx8Bet6OtKVUCpBhLspbgW28kjv2pr9HiDEWvjhACv3puXXKpV6SfPWhd4Wpg7NU24c9uh0TLTM7VTyFl2GN97ggbJ_n7Q3vRxzwU0hgmEXY/s1000/Baur,%20H%20-%20Katechismus.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="632" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwD27217zJHpTSHDifhO1fVaOC2WHeTYnagNX7YCobGyXiFb7LX7w4xx53SJSfH1Mb2ckTFjaJ_AZUHRoTx8Bet6OtKVUCpBhLspbgW28kjv2pr9HiDEWvjhACv3puXXKpV6SfPWhd4Wpg7NU24c9uh0TLTM7VTyFl2GN97ggbJ_n7Q3vRxzwU0hgmEXY/w253-h400/Baur,%20H%20-%20Katechismus.png" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page from H. Bauer, 1899.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>C. Bauer’s</b><b> <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K5c3AQAAMAAJ/mode/2up">Handbuch der Buchbinderei: eine leichtfassliche Anleitung zur Herstellung</a></i> (1903)</b>, edited by A. Franke is like H. Bauer, but also mentions that the weight of the card used for the wider strip of card that is adhered to the guards should be determined by the size and other properties of the text block. It also described the narrower strip that is the width of the spine as an “Einlegerücken”, today referred to as the “Rückeneinlage”. The structure can also be the basis for the cloth covered binding, with simplifications for use in large scale trade binding. (pg. 107)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLqehDSndm_-kBdTjMZi41kGFShkNb3YBws7bgmxQTCqBAT_mTWeCK3oPfec4ZMAvC5X03dIdXvqcJImKHQPhrVvyd9JUqIA_yz79NiWfT3rMLRcCpq0e76RyNc3fP_WjeIo4I1xCt-87Y1zj9MBgUUQEBHVo3vkKVurvXqspTNNkvNKCV3_cuEkHiqs/s1000/Bauer,%20Christian,%20u.%20A.%20Franke%20-%20Handbuch%20der%20Buchbinderei,%201903.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="622" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLqehDSndm_-kBdTjMZi41kGFShkNb3YBws7bgmxQTCqBAT_mTWeCK3oPfec4ZMAvC5X03dIdXvqcJImKHQPhrVvyd9JUqIA_yz79NiWfT3rMLRcCpq0e76RyNc3fP_WjeIo4I1xCt-87Y1zj9MBgUUQEBHVo3vkKVurvXqspTNNkvNKCV3_cuEkHiqs/w249-h400/Bauer,%20Christian,%20u.%20A.%20Franke%20-%20Handbuch%20der%20Buchbinderei,%201903.png" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page from C. Bauer, A. Franke ed., 1903.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>C. Bauer’s <i><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_Buchbinderei/eorPAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0">Die Buchbinderei: eine leichtfassliche Anleitung zur Herstellung</a></i> (1922)</b>, edited by A. Franke, and the 9th edition, described the same structure for the “gebrochene Rücken“ as in the previous item (1903) with both parts being made from card. The long edges were edge pared, much like in the 19th century. While the main application seemed to be on cloth bindings, C. Bauer wrote that the original paper covered “Pappband” held up quite well, but the ones produced during [WW I] tended to go back to a bookbinder for replacement. He attributed this to their being mass-produced industrial products. (pg. 142)</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HqTnNn5Gxs68uk9bJN9k1k6U0yuQOs8pSzDrW5ajxdnRTY0lBv9961LYP5wmB2yc7YYAru4B13jAXM35laT1xu4uTHv5Z2K2__ImRQbWoxzEVPNnmFTNnXYTpQvBV1_rWqwEaucSnc0JCQwPH5R6YQJnZvVhffgsnWo1yHAqk0qIsAwUlxZZPTW_rNI/s2555/Bauer%20-%20Die%20Buchbinderei,%201922.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2555" data-original-width="1698" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HqTnNn5Gxs68uk9bJN9k1k6U0yuQOs8pSzDrW5ajxdnRTY0lBv9961LYP5wmB2yc7YYAru4B13jAXM35laT1xu4uTHv5Z2K2__ImRQbWoxzEVPNnmFTNnXYTpQvBV1_rWqwEaucSnc0JCQwPH5R6YQJnZvVhffgsnWo1yHAqk0qIsAwUlxZZPTW_rNI/w266-h400/Bauer%20-%20Die%20Buchbinderei,%201922.png" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page from C. Bauer, A. Franke ed., 1922.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Moving forward in the 20<sup>th</sup> century, the structure itself has remained essentially unchanged. Endpapers went towards bi-folios, with a hooked waste sheet to fan the frayed cords or tapes out on. Cloth hinges were also used on these endsheets, sewn in or tipped on with a decorative on over the stub. In short, there were lots of possibilities, but the uses of this structure were increasingly as case bindings. In terms of whether to apply adhesive all the way to the edge of the shoulder or not, most mid-20th century and newer manuals describe the former. Manuals describing this include Luers, Fröde, Moessner, Rhein, Wiese, Moessner, … An exception appears to be Morf who described applying the adhesive from the base of the shoulder outwards. The “bible” to the Pappband structure as currently used is Siegfried Büge’s <i>Der Pappband</i> (1973) that references the historical origins, and describes it for fine paper bindings and what we call the “millimeter” binding (Edelpappband). The term “Bradel” was not mentioned. However, the term “Bradel” is not unknown in Germany, due in part to translations and learners traveling to take advantage of workshops and other training. Reviewing contemporary manuals (1960s onward) reveals that there are differences from the German, but that these are in the details and nuances. </div><div><br /></div><div>As an example, the <a href="https://www.philobiblon.com/casebd.shtml">German case binding</a> structure I describe can be used for covering in paper, cloth, leather, vellum, and combinations thereof. It can be built up on the text block in-boards) or constructed as a case. The <a href="https://works.bepress.com/peter_verheyen/3/download/">Edelpappband</a> (noble paper-covered binding) has leather trim along some combination of board edges and spine, the Danes call it "<a href="https://henryhebert.net/2012/01/11/millimeter-and-rubow-bindings/">Rubow</a>" after the binder who made it popular there, and the Anglo-Americans call "millimeter" binding because of the amount of cloth/leather/vellum trim showing after covering. This is distinct from the <a href="https://www.cbl-ascona.ch/en/danish-millimeter-binding-0">Danish "millimeter"</a> that is like the modern French "Bradel<br /> and “<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzYYr-rLZqrQSm84QkZfSzk5UzQ/view?resourcekey=0-ST3KGi_nXRLlYBI_7gwApQ">simplified</a>” built up on the text block. There is also the explanation I was given by Suzanne Schmollgruber, formerly of the Centro del bel Libro in Ascona, CH, is that in modern usage, the "<a href="https://www.cbl-ascona.ch/en/bradel-binding-1">Bradel</a>" is now used to describe bindings using the "gebrochener Rücken" that are built up on the text block, whereas "mit aufgesetzten Deckeln" is used to describe the "<a href="https://www.cbl-ascona.ch/en/three-piece-case-binding">three piece case binding</a>" variety. </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, if one were to do a dissection of a full paper or cloth (not separate spine covering), one should not be able to tell the cased apart from the in-boards. I use both methods, preferring the in-boards on smaller, more delicate books as I find it easier to work precisely. Sometimes, I'll work in-boards, attaching what will be the cover to a waste sheet, then removing to stamp... as a case, and then reattach.<br /><div><br /></div><hr style="text-align: left;" width="50%" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">To </span><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-1-who-was-bradel.html" style="text-align: left;">Disbinding Bradel, Part 1: Who was Bradel? Does it Matter?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-3-binding-your.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 3: Binding your Pappband, aka ur-Bradel</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr width="50%" /><div><br /></div><p></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Below are some good readings on the historical structure in English:</b></div><div><ul><li>Caswell, Bexx and Patrick Olson. "Germany and the Modernization of Bookbinding: Evidence from Michigan State University's Criminology Collection." Found in: Miller, Julia (ed.). <a href="http://www.thelegacypress.com/suave-mechanicals-vol-5.html"><i>Suave Mechanicals: Essays on the History of Bookbinding</i>. Volume 5</a>. Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2019.</li><li>Cloonan, M. V. <i>Early Bindings in Paper: A Brief History of European Hand-made Paper-covered Books with a Multilingual Glossary</i>. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1991.</li><li>Frost, Gary. (1982). "Historical paper case binding and conservation rebinding". <i>The New Bookbinder</i>, 2, 64-67, 1982.</li><li>Pattison, Todd and Graham Patten. "Confusing the Case: Books Bound with Adhered Boards, 1760 –1860". Found in: Miller, Julia (ed.). <a href="http://www.thelegacypress.com/suave-mechanicals-vol-5.html"><i>Suave Mechanicals: Essays on the History of Bookbinding</i>. Volume 5</a>. Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2019.</li><li>Rhodes, B. "<a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v14/bp14-06.html">18th and 19th century European and American paper binding structures: a case study of paper bindings in the American Museum of Natural History Library</a>". <i>Book and Paper Group Annual</i>, 14, 51–62, 1995.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" width="50%" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div>As always, I welcome questions, references to additional sources, and other thoughts via the comments. Just remember to cite those sources. Thank you.</div></div></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-82880245399062537702023-10-16T12:10:00.016-04:002024-02-14T08:52:39.849-05:00Disbinding Bradel, Part 1: Who was Bradel? Does it Matter?<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>This is the first in series of articles that grew out of the research that went into my workshop on the ur-form of what we call the Bradel given to students and staff at the University of Iowa Center for the Book and University Libraries on </i><i>October 1 -2, 2021. As part of the <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/conservation/bill-anthony/lectures/">William Anthony Lecture Series</a> it was supported by the Nadia Sophie Seiler Fund and t</i><i>he University of Iowa Libraries & Center for the Book.</i></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i>I had originally considered formally publishing this in a journal, but for a variety of reasons I am serializing here at the Pressbengel Project, perhaps somewhat less formally. Advantages of online publication include the ability to embed video... When completed, the posts will be combined into a downloadable form. The title, "Disbinding Bradel" was originally suggested by Jeff Peachey. I am also grateful to Susie Cobbledick, Guild of Book Workers Journal co-editor, for her thoughts on converting my hand-out into an article.</i></p></blockquote><div><hr width="50%" /><div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-2-walk-through.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 2: A walk through the German bookbinding literature</a>, in which I will focus on the evolution of that which defines this structure – the spine piece and board attachment. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <span><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-3-binding-your.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 3: Binding your Pappband, aka ur-Bradel</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><hr style="text-align: left;" width="50%" /><div style="text-align: left;"></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>What do we (primarily in the English-speaking world) mean when we refer to a "Bradel" binding, what are its origins, and how, and what did it evolve into? Originally, the structure consisted of a single piece spine stiffener and a connecting strip attached to the text block, with the boards then attached as the binding was completed working outwards from the text. Over time, that evolved into a separate spine stiffener and a connecting strip of paper to which the boards were attached. </div><div><br /></div><div>The images below are of a binding of <span style="text-align: center;"><i>Lessing's Works</i> (Berlin, 1838) </span>in my collection. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcfQBiE71xr-XppiKMWgDg52GjTenLuBEA7JTyWzq9uetWRFon2M_NVo3wGTfQNXfJA8MV77WMqRI5662F-F_uE4nUduuJNUt41IcDP72I8Zexzzi6ZyJE3pOMe9Iy435UkTI4pN1vKmGJXBFNnON6zRgjEHe_ICRvWAum09CUDxKy6xHevZRL0-O/s900/Lessing,%20Berlin,%201838%20-%20spine%20closed%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcfQBiE71xr-XppiKMWgDg52GjTenLuBEA7JTyWzq9uetWRFon2M_NVo3wGTfQNXfJA8MV77WMqRI5662F-F_uE4nUduuJNUt41IcDP72I8Zexzzi6ZyJE3pOMe9Iy435UkTI4pN1vKmGJXBFNnON6zRgjEHe_ICRvWAum09CUDxKy6xHevZRL0-O/w400-h300/Lessing,%20Berlin,%201838%20-%20spine%20closed%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, book closed, the one-piece spine and connector construction. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiej51yRfvTsY8vniXnCI_f8oGYbqhRKe8hswCijBkKlcy6YF2oxqJXWPwhsmsFaruIRzg3vcpu_dfIfSYXQStMFJy59cF0LvdkLdpSRiCto7rE_v_qf3rB1kPIFyC7LaZshOAGZS9slt_kgoTLu0KwLaTwjQ2dZlH3qZ3MoDn36ZY59c6-X2XMHNCO/s900/Lessing,%20Berlin,%201838%20-%20inside%20spine%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiej51yRfvTsY8vniXnCI_f8oGYbqhRKe8hswCijBkKlcy6YF2oxqJXWPwhsmsFaruIRzg3vcpu_dfIfSYXQStMFJy59cF0LvdkLdpSRiCto7rE_v_qf3rB1kPIFyC7LaZshOAGZS9slt_kgoTLu0KwLaTwjQ2dZlH3qZ3MoDn36ZY59c6-X2XMHNCO/w400-h300/Lessing,%20Berlin,%201838%20-%20inside%20spine%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The book open.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuns4eXM_gJ0eZYRpHgsF_dOlFe2Awg4ttutdeHpHcdQ29-vM2wKzl-FzJ5nisGAFnToN0HAqBsHIkDibP97y6SyZ8Ahm4Cvup5xMmU0-bAemX6ImvVSPCYW02Fy9AhJjaOWZ0fCnE9lj7nGlgDHBGaH5sylkIWeVKeUiuvd0XO97pnm9e194DahFCsA/s900/PXL_20231028_172851283%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="900" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuns4eXM_gJ0eZYRpHgsF_dOlFe2Awg4ttutdeHpHcdQ29-vM2wKzl-FzJ5nisGAFnToN0HAqBsHIkDibP97y6SyZ8Ahm4Cvup5xMmU0-bAemX6ImvVSPCYW02Fy9AhJjaOWZ0fCnE9lj7nGlgDHBGaH5sylkIWeVKeUiuvd0XO97pnm9e194DahFCsA/w400-h259/PXL_20231028_172851283%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pappbänder: 1812, 1825. 1842.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>This question of the origin of the structure came to the fore when I was asked to present a hands-on workshop on the original, ur-form of the Bradel to students and staff as part of the <i>William Anthony Conservation Lecture Series</i> at the University of Iowa Center for the Book and the Libraries' Conservation Lab. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was trained in, and am very familiar with the modern form of the German case binding covered in paper and its variant forms, and nowhere does that descriptor of "Bradel" appear in the German manuals, historical and contemporary. Instead, one finds Pappband (paper binding), gebrochene Rücken (referring to the way the spine piece and cover are constructed), and variants of these structures. I have described several of the modern German variants in published tutorials <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/p/binding-structures-articles-by-verheyen.html">linked to from here</a>, but have not until now traced the evolution of the structure from its origins. The structure also appears in other national traditions, in particular the French, often with nuanced differences. Still, there are questions about the original form and history of this structure, one most often associated with German books of the 18th and 19th centuries. </div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span>One thing that stands out is that most English-language publications on this and related structures are based on observational studies of period bindings. Manuals describing the structure in whatever language are seldom referenced, a challenge when the sources and language are not known or accessible to the researcher. </span><br /><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><b></b></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In his "Teaching Genealogies of American Hand Bookbinders" (<a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/sites/guildofbookworkers.org/files/journal/gbwjournal_028.pdf">Guild of Book Workers' <i>Journal</i>, Vol XXVIII, 1990. 3-4</a>) Tom Conroy wrote:<br /><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The low profile of the German element in American hand binding is hard to understand, although several factors can be identified. German-tradition binders have added little to the English-language literature of binding; and little has been translated from German. Much of the German contribution to the common pool has been forwarding and technique rather than design finishing. The German tradition has contributed little to the philosophy of binding in America (this comes largely from the English Arts and Crafts movement); and in aesthetics American binders have tended to follow the French in aping painting and the fine arts.</i></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Having regularly been asked to find and translate German sources for colleagues researching and writing articles, this was a challenge I am very familiar with and enjoy. Thanks to my paper-based reference library and digital collections, I was able to trace the evolution of the structure in the German tradition back to Zeidler in 1708. Not a Bradel to be found ... </div><div><br /></div><div>So, the question of "who was Bradel" and what is his connection to the structure remained. Let's see what we can find out about this structure's namesake [in the English and French-speaking worlds].</div><div><div> <div>In English, a good starting point is searching lexica like Don Etherington's <a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/don/dt/dt0459.html"><i>Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books</i></a>, where the Bradel is described as:</div><div><i><br /></i></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>A type of binding having a hollow back, and not unlike a library binding, except that it is considered to be temporary. The style was originated in Germany by Alexis Pierre Bradel, also known as Bradel l'ainé, and also as Bradel-Derome, son-in-law and successor to Nicholas-Denis Derôme. The style was taken to France sometime between 1772 and 1809. Bradel bindings generally have split boards into which are attached the extensions of the spine lining cloth. The edges are uncut, sometimes with the head edge being gilt. They generally have a leather or linen spine. In France the style was known as "Cartonnage à la Bradel", or as "en gist".</i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ligatus.org.uk/lob/search?search_api_fulltext=bradel">Ligitus' the <i>Language of Bindings Thesaurus</i> (LoB)</a> is "intended to provide a consistent and agreed terminology to be used by anybody working with historic books, such as conservators..." It is the only lexicon that uses the term "gebrochener Rücken" in describing the Bradel as:</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>The German term for the three-piece case, 'gebrochener Rücken', meaning literally 'broken back', is presumably a reference to splitting a one-piece case into two sides with a connecting spine-piece. This meant that it was possible to have a thinner flexible spine-piece that allowed the book to open whilst having a rigid board on each side to support and protect the book block, a dual function that was not possible with the one-piece case. The three-piece case was known in France at the end of the eighteenth century as the ‘reliure Bradel’ or ‘cartonnage à la Bradel’ having been introduced there, apparently, by a member of the Bradel family.</i></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div></div><div>While being very general about the "who", it gets at the essence and functionality of the structure though I disagree with the translation of "gebrochener", a term that refers to the act of folding and creasing, in this case the piece of thin board/card that connects the boards. <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-2-walk-through.html">This is traced in detail in the literature review, in particular see <i>Anweisung zur Buchbinderkunst </i>(1802), Greve (1823), Thon (1856), and Adam (1898)</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://data.cerl.org">CERL</a>, the Consortium of European Research Libraries, in its <a href="https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01881989">thesaurus</a> describes Alexis-Pierre Bradel (d. 1760), "also known as Bradel l’Âiné as he carried on the work of his uncle Derome Le Jeune, as a well-known Parisian binder. Bradel moved to Germany, where he started a style of a temporary binding that later became very popular in Germany." Comparing these two sources, we start to have issues around Bradel's dates and his role." </div><div><div><br /></div><div><div>The bookbinding database of the French National Library, <a href="http://Reliures.bnf.fr">Reliures.bnf.fr</a>, has no record of an Alexis-Pierre Bradel. It does have a record for a <a href="http://reliures.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cdt9x17g/">Francoise-Paul Bradel</a> (1757-1827) describing him as a "bookbinder belonging to a family dynasty of bookbinders, established in Paris since the end of the 17th century, one of whose members definitively ensured the durability of the name, which has now become a common name to designate a casing process that he would have imported from Germany to France in the 1770s. François-Paul Bradel is the son of Paul Bradel, master bookbinder in Paris, and Marie-Louise Le Cornu." </div></div></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Johann Denninger in his article "The 'Temporary' Binding of Alexis Pierre Bradel", <i>The New Bookbinder </i>(1996) goes much deeper than most. He described Bradel as a Bavarian "Maesterbuchbinder" who arrived in Paris ca 1800 and introduced the technique. The technique itself was "simply an imitation of the German binding made by the bookbinder Lichtscheid, who was working in Vienna in 1800. Lichtscheid, a famous bookbinder at the time, stated that he made his bindings using the Dutch of the time as an example." Denninger goes on to write that "around 1820 Bradel's friend (and later enemy) Lesné took over and adapted the original form as a 'German binding'. Denninger mentioned a <i>La Reliure, toutes les operations de la reliure</i> (1827) by Séb Le Normand. This was found in Gallica as <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6429193h" style="font-style: italic;">Manuel du relieur dans toutes ses parties</a> (1827) where the structure was referred to as “Cartonnage allemand, dit à la Bradel” (German binding in paper, called Bradel). The manual was later published in several editions as <i>Nouveau manuel complet du relieur </i>with the description retained<i>.</i> </div><div><br /></div><div>From the 1827 edition:</div><div><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The type of binding that has become known in Paris, was imported from Germany by a bookbinder who alone made it for some time, with this type of binding acquiring a certain reputation. When well executed, it has a number of advantages: it looks good enough on a library shelf; it is clean and can be made with solidity; the leaves are not so that works can be read for a long time as they were simply bound, and when it is they retain wide margins. Here's how it's done... (p 209)</i></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><br /></div><div>The instructions for the technique described by Le Normand map 1:1 to the German manuals of the time. In addition to this background information on Bradel, Denninger purports to give instructions for Bradel's pre-1823 structure, admitting he has never seen one. Unfortunately, those instructions are seemingly for a hybrid Danish millimeter and modern German Edelpappband, known in the US as a "millimeter binding" or by North Bennet Street School Students as "Rubow". This combination makes the article on the whole confusing. [NOTE: Le Normande also appeared in German as <i>Die Buchbinderkunst in Allen Ihren Verrichtungen</i> (1832). See Part 2 ...]</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Jeff Peachey another source was able to weigh in. Emil Thonin in his encyclopedia <i><a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1134116.texteImage">Les Relieures Francais 1500-1800</a></i> (1893) listed pages of Bradels going back several hundred years. Of most relevance were his concluding remarks on a Bradel (pp. 219 – 221):</div><div><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><div><div><i>We are familiar with the so-called, German-inspired 'Bradel' bindings "because, says <a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/don/dt/dt2049.html">Lesné</a>, Bradel was one of the first bookbinders who started to make them and because he makes them well enough". That being said, in another passage of his poem, he mentions him again, this time in a much less benevolent manner, speaking about those binders who claim to have invented some new system:</i></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i> With the help of a very amphibological jargon, he impresses the fools, and exposes himself to criticism; Such are the processes of Bradel, Cabanis, who charm the province and even all Paris. The one binds in the German style, And the other sews as in Holland.</i></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Our poet speaking in the present tense, it seems obvious that the author of these bindings must have lived in 1820, but how do we identify which one of all these Bradels he was referring to? We give up on that, as well as we give up on trying to identify the other one that he quoted and whose talent presumably equaled that of Chaumont and Deboisseau, well regarded binders of the restoration period.</i> (Thank you to <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjF8OC878H6AhWSjIkEHSR5AyEQFnoECAcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elbel-libro.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw286xKG5ro5hH2CgbYLRUXn">Benjamin Elbel</a> for this translation)</div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div>So, while we seem to have no definitive answer about who this Bradel was, the resources above seem to agree on an origin somewhere in Germany in the late 18th, early 19th centuries, and that the core elements of the structure are integral to many binding styles and their variants. From the memoirs of 19th century bookbinders such as <a href="https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10063756?page=1">Adam Henß</a> (1780-1856), <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005617736&seq=9">Paul Adam</a> (1849-1931), and other mentions we know that bookbinders travelled widely during their journeyman years and sometimes emigrated, e.g. Germans to England in the 18th century. This process greatly facilitated the spread of ideas and techniques across Europe. So, does it really matter if we don't have a "who"? We do need an agreed upon descriptor for the base structure, though, no?</div><div><span><br /></span></div><hr width="50%" /><div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-2-walk-through.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 2: A walk through the German bookbinding literature</a>, in which I will focus on the evolution of that which defines this structure – the spine piece and board attachment. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To <span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/10/disbinding-bradel-part-3-binding-your.html">Disbinding Bradel, Part 3: Binding your Pappband, aka ur-Bradel</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" width="50%" /><div style="text-align: left;"></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>As always, I welcome questions, references to additional sources, and other thoughts via the comments. Just remember to cite those sources. Thank you </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-65034659256576689732023-10-11T05:59:00.001-04:002023-10-24T07:43:16.025-04:00A Brief History of Book_Arts-L (1994 – 2023)By Peter D. Verheyen <br />This article is adapted from the original, published in the Guild of Book Workers' <i>Newsletter</i>, <a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/newsletter">Number 270, October 2023</a>.<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyY81EKWo7Jv99hfQ9OhQgtKzIm0OEiDfO0Z03MgMet7234ZtrDrSz9N6TCjbFetXTw8Qs_H-W1OsXwex1-Zp8_WxWRs7gs7bOs8zneOTOfJwTSfEs3eZdgkHz6ONQ9nRjiR4pdswo7rHLIJmeGj1zoF5kYpDhJ4kn8y4EMzTcy88Pie69g5OE0wfqbc/s1139/Book_Arts-L%20So%20long%20and%20thanks%20for%20all%20the%20books.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1139" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyY81EKWo7Jv99hfQ9OhQgtKzIm0OEiDfO0Z03MgMet7234ZtrDrSz9N6TCjbFetXTw8Qs_H-W1OsXwex1-Zp8_WxWRs7gs7bOs8zneOTOfJwTSfEs3eZdgkHz6ONQ9nRjiR4pdswo7rHLIJmeGj1zoF5kYpDhJ4kn8y4EMzTcy88Pie69g5OE0wfqbc/w400-h294/Book_Arts-L%20So%20long%20and%20thanks%20for%20all%20the%20books.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_dUmDBfp6k">So long and thanks for all the "books".</a><br />The last postings from the "home" of 28 years, Syracuse University.<br />The list was home at Cornell University its first year.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>On June 1st of this year, Book_Arts-L was migrated from Syracuse University’s servers to Emory University. This date was a month shy of the list's 29th anniversary, an eternity in the online world. But, what is Book_Arts-L, and why did I create it? <br /><br />The “Internet” as we know it now with the <a href="https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web">World Wide Web</a> (WWW) was invented by Tim Berners-Lee on April 30, 1993, though its conceptual origins go back even further.. In 1987, <a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/common/cool-background.shtml">Walter Henry at Stanford created the Conservation Distlist</a>, the first discussion group for all things conservation, accessible via email from anywhere in the world, if you had a connection. I got connected to it in early 1989 with a slow dial-up modem and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe">Compuserve</a> account. Despite its focus, other topics more binding and art related crept in, something I was certainly guilty of contributing to and encouraging. Walter Henry was very patient, but also encouraging of my questions. In 1990, <a href="https://news.syr.edu/blog/2004/08/12/syracuse-university-community-mourns-passing-of-university-librarian-peter-graham/">Peter Graham, a librarian at Rutgers, founded Exlibris</a>, an online discussion group for rare books and special collections with many opportunities for exploring topics related to the book arts. <br /><br />The world was still overwhelmingly analog at the time, newsletters like the <a href="https://guildofbookworkers.org/">Guild of Book Workers’</a>, the <a href="https://www.culturalheritage.org/">American Institute of Conservations'</a>, and the <a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byorg/abbey/an/">Abbey Newsletter</a>, among others, with their calls for exhibits, workshops, and jobs, were eagerly-awaited resources. I was fortunate to spend those early years in places with active book arts and conservation scenes, such as Chicago and New Haven, so in-person activities also played a large role. <br /><br />In 1993, I moved to centrally isolated Ithaca, NY, where I was rare books conservator at Cornell. Compared to my past haunts, Central New York was a very barren and remote place to practice the book arts.. Attempts were made to form a loose regional group with a newsletter, but this never succeeded in building the active critical mass required for success. Was there any help for getting out of this professional and avocational loneliness? Could these new online tools, like listserv and gopher (a precursor to the web), help? Typo-L, a list which continues to serve the typographic community, was founded in early '93. For much of its first year, however, that list was unusually quiet, with numerous "is anyone else out there" messages. I also happened to be unaware of its existence. <br /><br />Encouraged by Walter and Peter, I founded Book_Arts-L in June 1994 on Cornell's list server, and it was announced on the <a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/">DistList</a> and <a href="https://list.indiana.edu/sympa/arc/exlibris-l">Exlibris</a>. It was my turn to see “who was out there”. I knew about some of the technical details, but was clueless about what I was getting myself into. The subscriber list grew slowly, but steadily, as did participation, and by the end of that first year there were about 400 subscribers with as many postings. When I moved to Syracuse, the list followed me there as well. In 1997, there were 900 members with 3000 postings. Initially, I found myself doing quite a bit of "handholding" as people learned how to subscribe,use a listserv and use email. To some extent this continues to happen, though much more infrequently. With time, most of these challenges faded away, and the list grew to a peak of over 2500 global subscribers. Managing those could have been a chore, but was generally a great deal of fun as one gets to know like-minded people all over the world. Some of my virtual connections are still ongoing and sustaining, and have led to collaborations and other opportunities for both parties. </div><div><br /></div><div>Walter Henry offered to host its archives at CoOL, initially on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)">Gopher</a> server and shortly thereafter to the WWW. The archive remains available to subscribers via the web in different places including the Internet Archives's Wayback Machine (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090311011325/http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/bookarts/index.shtml">1994-2009</a>). It is my wish to pull all these together in a unified and consistent interface, but that will require some work and goes beyond my abilities. <br /><br />Not content to simply discuss technical matters, within weeks we were debating the essence of the book. This topic would recur periodically, and it exploded in the spring of 1998 around the question of defining the artists’ book. An "innocently simple" question, looking for a definition of "artists’ book", results in 89 printed pages that are still regularly read and cited. Like many other discussions, it traveled a very circuitous routes, becoming "what is art," the difference between "art” and “craft," the definition of "craft," training, technical competence... While there the ubiquitous "me too" replies, the list and its archive nevertheless became a great repository of collective experience and knowledge about such arcane topics as reconditioning a press, finding a particular supplier, using materials, and how to practice the craft of bookbinding. The quality of postings varies, determined by the expertise of the poster, but even a simple or naive post serves an educational function as well. We all learn best from our own or others' experiences. Sustaining all this learning is an incredible global community of individuals who share generously of themselves. In a few cases, participation has become multi-generational, with parents and offspring contributing to the discussions. Those early days, including beyond Book_Arts-L were the topic of <a href="https://www.philobiblon.com/HotType.shtml">Bringing us together / Getting us out</a> presented at Hot Type in a Cold World, the Silver Buckle Press' 25th anniversary symposium.<br /><br />In the early days, the idea of Book_Arts-L, an online community, or pretty much any presence of our allied arts and crafts on the then-newish internet was not met with universal acceptance. Indeed, there were numerous voices that spoke out against it within the Guild and its membership, as well as other similarly-focused organizations. Among the concerns were gatekeeping, “trust”, fad, and fears for the survival of print publications such as newsletters. When I started Book_Arts-L, I had no idea how long it would last. Almost 30 years later, numerous other friendly and aligned lists and fora appeared, and then faded. The book arts, and related fields, have also proliferated on social media. While they do provide easy ways to share work, especially images, such platforms are not well suited to long form discussions. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, what has contributed to Book_Arts-L’s success? I believe that the most significant factor is [pro]active stewardship – as list owner starting and contributing to threads, and sharing resources, especially during lulls. While lulls in conversation are natural, and often good, in the context of a resource like listservs and for a it can lead to “out of sight, out of mind”. Also, important are actively engaging with subscribers, especially when topics become contentious, along with occasional calls for civility. A global community is a microcosm of society with all that implies, and contexts in one place may not be the same elsewhere. The list language is English, but that is not everyone’s native language – things can be lost in translation. It was my role to make sure that things did not get too heated. These challenges were however a very small part in the history of Book_Arts-L largely because of the [pro]active stewardship. <br /><br />In 2019, on the 25th anniversary of Book_Arts-L, I made the decision to step back by the 30th, quietly hoping that the list would continue under new “ownership”. In late 2022, I opened that conversation, and very quickly events took on a life of their own. Of great importance to me was also the continued availability of the archive. I was very glad and relieved when <a href="https://libnet.libraries.emory.edu/c.php?g=726933&p=9715758">Kim Norman and Emory University Library’s Preservation Department</a> stepped forward, especially as they use the same backend infrastructure. On June 1st of this year, the community moved to Emory. I look forward to mentoring Kim as she takes the reins and reshapes the list to better reach its community, all the while moving it forward. At the same time, I will enjoy watching and contributing without the responsibilities. It was an adventure I will always be grateful for. In parallel to the list, I also maintained my Book Arts Web at philobiblon.com. Still an often-accessed resource, it has suffered from neglect in recent years. It will be interesting to see what is left of it, but a snapshot will always be available via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. <br /><br />What follows are some snapshots of Book_Arts-L’s activities these past 29 years. Similar data was <a href="https://bonefolderextras.blogspot.com/2015/10/bookarts-l-and-book-arts-demographics.html">shared via a Bonefolder Extras post in 2015</a>. The trends have remained constant.<br /><br />Where did subscribers come from? As of the end of May 2023, 2376 subscribers came from the United States (2236*), Canada (36), Australia, United Kingdom (18 each), Germany (9), Netherlands, New Zealand (8 each), Romania (3), Italy, South Africa, Sweden (2 each), Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Malta, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland (1 each). This number is based on the “domain” of the subscriber with all .com, .org, .edu being attributed to the US. Given that Gmail, AOL, and many other internet providers are international, but based in US, this significantly inflates the US total of subscribers. <br /><br /><div>In the past 29 years, Book_Arts-L received a total of 90,831 posts that represent approximately 53,000 “threads” or topics that were sent by approximately 7000 “subscribers”. Names online are one of those things with frequent changes, so the actual number of distinct posters will be lower than those 7000, but based on a cursory scan, not by much. There has also been a good level of turnover over the years with subscribers coming and going. That said, the top posters have remained fairly stable, some posting regularly over the lifetime of the list.</div><div><br /></div><div>The chart below shows the total number of posts by year. The number climbed steeply in the first 3 years, but has been in decline since 2010.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXvGyr_BQB6uKFM71HoA_4_uZtkN-aVRWaw2rJeL5LIAEkLuURSaVBCAcYTl0qM_j94xRed469aNq267I-TNg5RI3ePPWq8E1IP3N1iMJhCGD2P2TS0LAisdSagWTxbiQaHGCWqgWbQIom48bGLk1BC80DUbtIiVVLODZT9uARSylbiLHInV8Ss_9htk/s3004/Book_Arts-L%20Total%20Postings.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="3004" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXvGyr_BQB6uKFM71HoA_4_uZtkN-aVRWaw2rJeL5LIAEkLuURSaVBCAcYTl0qM_j94xRed469aNq267I-TNg5RI3ePPWq8E1IP3N1iMJhCGD2P2TS0LAisdSagWTxbiQaHGCWqgWbQIom48bGLk1BC80DUbtIiVVLODZT9uARSylbiLHInV8Ss_9htk/w400-h260/Book_Arts-L%20Total%20Postings.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book_Arts-L Total Postings June 1994 – May 2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This same trend can be seen in visits to the <i>Book Arts Web</i>, the website I have maintained with a vast number of links to other resources. Google started offering its Analytics in 2006. Facebook and other social media started becoming more prevalent after the introduction of the “smart” phone by Apple in 2007.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7P474OwhtfsMh99sR2Dk2K9bQlUkOmC9rBxiGB4WNNF2W7YIkD-Lwuil_URpFyHmaYr8ye4y9y0Ac5veRxjZhEW-ub5RnfWwOV_UgagQD6fAsayv273HR6eGi838OAivMbKkuc_rTG2HraJyR7lWxlTygNTIqJsYSrdBvuJQvE-Xvxmr_5jg9DKXGeCI/s2833/Book_Arts-L%20and%20Book%20Arts%20Web%20Overall.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="2833" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7P474OwhtfsMh99sR2Dk2K9bQlUkOmC9rBxiGB4WNNF2W7YIkD-Lwuil_URpFyHmaYr8ye4y9y0Ac5veRxjZhEW-ub5RnfWwOV_UgagQD6fAsayv273HR6eGi838OAivMbKkuc_rTG2HraJyR7lWxlTygNTIqJsYSrdBvuJQvE-Xvxmr_5jg9DKXGeCI/w400-h240/Book_Arts-L%20and%20Book%20Arts%20Web%20Overall.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book_Arts-L and Book Arts Web Overall 2007 – May 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The top 20 threads are shown below. As with everything related to posts, sometimes the subject lines of the thread don’t apply at the message level, perhaps having morphed during the conversation. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YGx5wwXa9Ip-V-FDBeaeyKrozNzvSRDfQDHHiv8Y4i9MlIIqhNKLQBPnAxGQQs3W4QBsP7XLeaFJiGjz_vLb7ZgBcReekgCUCDjB_dZjyOViGTWe3VPeAqtHT2PnXDYlAWxPDsecwdUluvg2e2FUCXnfePrX6oyjS5RPQ1Q-0bUO1apcuHYcIGb39us/s950/Top%2020%20Threads.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="950" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1YGx5wwXa9Ip-V-FDBeaeyKrozNzvSRDfQDHHiv8Y4i9MlIIqhNKLQBPnAxGQQs3W4QBsP7XLeaFJiGjz_vLb7ZgBcReekgCUCDjB_dZjyOViGTWe3VPeAqtHT2PnXDYlAWxPDsecwdUluvg2e2FUCXnfePrX6oyjS5RPQ1Q-0bUO1apcuHYcIGb39us/w400-h343/Top%2020%20Threads.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top 20 Threads</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Most postings were sent mid-week, with the weekends the slowest. This pattern seems logical, as subscribers have lives outside the book arts.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwPVSB6pifPsp5yjxmcdgJ8KPbmpLpbnBn8SexsWZHiXmI_m8H-H94ED-ADdW4moQ7iLHudrFGiPP_WvNVLBPqg0emN809Hob6r6ZOFvEMritT5l-RSLdKmWb8IlfYBsMyT1mYkROtunFK7K6HhOroph4kjsOeRGjArvTfT4vwRe0NOOBTKbovIriiLQ/s1764/Book%20Arts-L%20(Day%20by%20Year).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="1764" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwPVSB6pifPsp5yjxmcdgJ8KPbmpLpbnBn8SexsWZHiXmI_m8H-H94ED-ADdW4moQ7iLHudrFGiPP_WvNVLBPqg0emN809Hob6r6ZOFvEMritT5l-RSLdKmWb8IlfYBsMyT1mYkROtunFK7K6HhOroph4kjsOeRGjArvTfT4vwRe0NOOBTKbovIriiLQ/w400-h285/Book%20Arts-L%20(Day%20by%20Year).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book_Arts-L Postings per Day of Week by Year</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>On June 1st, 2023 Book_Arts-L moved to Emory – <span style="text-align: center;">Now, onto the next 29...</span></div><div><br style="text-align: center;" /><a href="https://libnet.libraries.emory.edu/c.php?g=726933&p=9715758" style="text-align: center;">The full FAQ at Emory with instructions for joining the community here.</a></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-72791542180189547902023-07-01T12:25:00.004-04:002023-07-01T12:25:57.487-04:00Maria Lühr and a Stool<p>CREATIVE FEMALE HANDS</p><p>Miss Master Bookbinder</p><p>As in so many professions dominated by men alone, women have also turned to bookbinding. In the workshop of <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/06/maria-luhr-germanys-first-woman.html">Maria Lühr</a>, Berlin, where only female hands exercise the craft, artistic and tasteful book bindings are created under the direction and the own hands of this woman.</p><p>The products of this unique female bookbinding workshop will soon be shown in America as part of an exhibition of German women craftsmen in St. Louis and Chicago.</p><p>Apprentices inserting the books into the hand press for "backing" and placing the finished books into the standing press.</p><p>Copyright by Presse-Photo G.M.B.H.<br />Berlin SW. 38 -- Wilhelmstr. 130</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSw9gcBFU5KKQyO535rgju329YUVHUFONQi9pCaIsKnDmB15yh_tF4Izos9kVU-LOclD26kcSnzOaEKwLpy3bhclR1oQaZU49Lw5mnxsMN3YFS-bbQd0aqB2PrC5l8RcPcgeB32aXST7B3l1UYVkLiP7-msdCtaocWt4fVAyH0r02vLxPSBZWli88EXM/s1000/Lehrlinge%20bei%20Maria%20L%C3%BChr,%20Amick%201sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="647" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSw9gcBFU5KKQyO535rgju329YUVHUFONQi9pCaIsKnDmB15yh_tF4Izos9kVU-LOclD26kcSnzOaEKwLpy3bhclR1oQaZU49Lw5mnxsMN3YFS-bbQd0aqB2PrC5l8RcPcgeB32aXST7B3l1UYVkLiP7-msdCtaocWt4fVAyH0r02vLxPSBZWli88EXM/w414-h640/Lehrlinge%20bei%20Maria%20L%C3%BChr,%20Amick%201sm.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Apprentices inserting the books into the hand press for "pressing" <br />and placing the finished books into the standing press.<br /><br />Also seen at far left is the "forgotten Bauhaus stool</span>" manufactured<span style="text-align: left;"><br />by <a href="https://www.rowac.com/de/insight/story">Rowac in Chemnitz", Germany</a>.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnygWQ6a2xtHKPmJX6r3AzvSPSXSdRUCBIRsQXeucuaFcjN_Cyq5t-2UJ0zZgoYapS1aC8GLyw_mG7JC6ql0SHDCFN22sOJwO4eVQyiaSFzw0xgGqFdiME8CRkeF-djEL5UnCTKU4RD2iQsVZCewj9GkiC9tvUEsAienN1LVGzGk6JE5_Ht9VNsLAFyE/s1000/Lehrlinge%20bei%20Maria%20L%C3%BChr,%20Amick%202sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="676" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnygWQ6a2xtHKPmJX6r3AzvSPSXSdRUCBIRsQXeucuaFcjN_Cyq5t-2UJ0zZgoYapS1aC8GLyw_mG7JC6ql0SHDCFN22sOJwO4eVQyiaSFzw0xgGqFdiME8CRkeF-djEL5UnCTKU4RD2iQsVZCewj9GkiC9tvUEsAienN1LVGzGk6JE5_Ht9VNsLAFyE/w432-h640/Lehrlinge%20bei%20Maria%20L%C3%BChr,%20Amick%202sm.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><div>Schaffende Frauenhände</div><div><br /></div><div>Fräulein Buchbindermeister</div><div><br /></div><div>Wie in so vielen vom Manne allein beherrschten Berufen, hat sich die Frau auch dem Buchbinderhandwerk zugewardt. In der Werkstatt von <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/06/maria-luhr-germanys-first-woman.html">Maria Lühr</a>, Berlin, in der nur weibliche Hände das Handwerk ausüben, entsehen unter der Leitung und den eigenen Händen dieser Frau künstlerische und geschmackvolle Bucheinbande.</div><div><br /></div><div>Die Erzeugnisse dieser wohl einzig dastehenden weiblichen Buchbinderwerkstatt werden demnächst in Amerika im Rahmen einer Ausstellung Deutscher Kunstgewerblerinnen in St. Louis und Chicago gezeigt werden.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lehrlinge beim Einsetzen der Bücher in die Handpress zum "Abpressen" und Setzen der fertigen Bücher in die Stockpresse.</div><div><br /></div><div>Copyright by Presse-Photo G.M.B.H.</div><div>Berlin SW. 38 Wilhelmstr. 130</div></div><div><br style="text-align: left;" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><hr align="center" width="50%" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The image was shared with generous permission by <a href="https://www.rowac.com/">Alide & Dieter Amick / Rowac</a> who are reissuing this classic stool.<p></p></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-83906154758868385802023-06-23T06:58:00.001-04:002023-11-08T09:33:27.167-05:00Position of the Tongue in Bookbinding<p> This fun poster was created by James Welker sometime shortly after 2004. <a href="http://www.pantherpeakbindery.com/">Mark Andersson</a>, then teaching bookbinding at North Bennet Street School is demonstrating a trade binding popular in mid 20th century Sweden at Guild of Book Workers Standards in 2004, and I am teaching the German-style springback at Minnesota Center for Book Arts in 2003. </p><p>Are there other national preferences for tongue position in binding? Asking for a friend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRklumvly8ufP3bs10QIBRGzYUbEarivUJxefUKnvIKq2ggXN07aLVeSY0p50wdgUX4bHpOso0rZF6l9Gd4cQjIKqMxLKULA1eAAWJ-R0-5MV_k8w1LH4Pv-BJDDcO274PDstyrpC3xRUp-NQJBWa3NeMthCQqLXPewOot_bwu9Z18Iodr2Y0HC9AwBoM/s900/Position_of_the_Tongue-Welker,%20sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRklumvly8ufP3bs10QIBRGzYUbEarivUJxefUKnvIKq2ggXN07aLVeSY0p50wdgUX4bHpOso0rZF6l9Gd4cQjIKqMxLKULA1eAAWJ-R0-5MV_k8w1LH4Pv-BJDDcO274PDstyrpC3xRUp-NQJBWa3NeMthCQqLXPewOot_bwu9Z18Iodr2Y0HC9AwBoM/w438-h640/Position_of_the_Tongue-Welker,%20sm.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-34588818343532645232023-05-07T10:56:00.004-04:002023-05-07T10:58:09.804-04:00Fritz Otto Examines "The Salmon of Wisdom"<p> A new fish skin binding acquisition for the piscatorial collection.</p><p><i>The Salmon of Wisdom</i> from the <i>Folklore Fish</i> series. It is bound in salmon prepared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sosnastudios/">@sosnastudios</a> with hazelnut-dyed salmon lacing. The book was one of 3 exhibited in the <i>Beyond Bookbinding 2023</i> exhibit at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nbssboston/">@nbssboston</a> in Boston where Sara, '23, is a student. Take a look at her Instagram and more fish skin bindings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAxJm6qmi6T-vWraBr3vFLueNbzOOgd5D7nm7iOQMCnwkfxM_mRqLYG8GeU_rB4LmQ_LhThD65bWKEO2Gv7zyYUPHsLyQLH1-JNE6ynrPeNsMkBcxOxBU0cYyOOBHO-yza2OTfYgn5c_JRaDUiencxmxaNbzljQ1kkkHCVeE95w2JldM_HpG3Om4O/s900/PXL_20230506_153349971%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCAxJm6qmi6T-vWraBr3vFLueNbzOOgd5D7nm7iOQMCnwkfxM_mRqLYG8GeU_rB4LmQ_LhThD65bWKEO2Gv7zyYUPHsLyQLH1-JNE6ynrPeNsMkBcxOxBU0cYyOOBHO-yza2OTfYgn5c_JRaDUiencxmxaNbzljQ1kkkHCVeE95w2JldM_HpG3Om4O/w480-h640/PXL_20230506_153349971%20sm.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />
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Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-45453975813563632942023-02-18T08:53:00.003-05:002023-02-18T08:57:06.811-05:00Bookbinding As A School Subject<p>Here the second of the two "manuals" introducing bookbinding subjects to school children that I recently received. They are both parts of the Technische Jugend Bücherei (Technical Library for Youths) edited by L.M.K. Capeller, instructor for art education at the teacher training institute in Munich. The first pamphlet <i><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-crafts-as-school-subject.html">Papparbeit</a></i> (No. 17) was described in my previous post, and covered the subject of paper crafts such as desk accessories, calendars, boxes, ... </p><p><i><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1340253223">Buchbinden</a></i> (No. 18) is the second that introduces bookbinding. Both were published in 1926. The structures that are introduced are the single-section pamphlet in a wrapper and the multi-section Pappband, or as it more commonly referred to in North America, Bradel binding. The appendix briefly describes sewing on sawn in cords rather than tapes, and suggests working with a carpenter to construct a sewing frame (diagram in book).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71HYv197UR1sR2yUwdyiPY20-WIjJp1FKP9NpwerpynbJSFmKOxg_aWPQnJGxICY83jvDyM_wqzV7A7G7v_EwApyvJN-HylJ1Ddl4ipDdUw8WZewjCVn0-k3A3PxwMQ5oMpex6aOrN4Gq3GErNH_4oPJmNQi5if-W7mos6yPkxQA4XP49WyNbhuBP/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20a%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="717" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71HYv197UR1sR2yUwdyiPY20-WIjJp1FKP9NpwerpynbJSFmKOxg_aWPQnJGxICY83jvDyM_wqzV7A7G7v_EwApyvJN-HylJ1Ddl4ipDdUw8WZewjCVn0-k3A3PxwMQ5oMpex6aOrN4Gq3GErNH_4oPJmNQi5if-W7mos6yPkxQA4XP49WyNbhuBP/w286-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20a%20sm.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The covers on these pamphlets are rather attractive,<br />with the central decorative element representing a box.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywdDKOhH5FY2oIIAKFY_bMB8Gd6aEQioV78kSNArz81FNIQ6A2ueyBI7sfoQUcfFSV2XlpuUmiMv8ghipRl8QkYCu1ENKGGqfKfJZQIw6Nj3SNZOy3OuGzafo5v2IjUhwAIaFgo3LlxrI7jqAqEzryvXH0jbYRKsl_cBa6_OyrXxku8Xw1L0r-wgT/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20b%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="714" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywdDKOhH5FY2oIIAKFY_bMB8Gd6aEQioV78kSNArz81FNIQ6A2ueyBI7sfoQUcfFSV2XlpuUmiMv8ghipRl8QkYCu1ENKGGqfKfJZQIw6Nj3SNZOy3OuGzafo5v2IjUhwAIaFgo3LlxrI7jqAqEzryvXH0jbYRKsl_cBa6_OyrXxku8Xw1L0r-wgT/w285-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20b%20sm.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title Page</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmHyJkJqD0B41to1xM7ZUrIyGpIeeXyHA-oj5jF0as3ZPWNOZw-F0kk7xQx2PZnUTDvmOPAuD_Q0bdMjEuF0Eajp6c-2SvzG0DSbBm2KpQMj6Zjf8XV_cHlK8CrMYukACaxgc5nyiip_r7_G6MCKAqsEnes6atl2AESfhg7Ywfh3bEQvL0UPuoReG/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20c%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="703" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmHyJkJqD0B41to1xM7ZUrIyGpIeeXyHA-oj5jF0as3ZPWNOZw-F0kk7xQx2PZnUTDvmOPAuD_Q0bdMjEuF0Eajp6c-2SvzG0DSbBm2KpQMj6Zjf8XV_cHlK8CrMYukACaxgc5nyiip_r7_G6MCKAqsEnes6atl2AESfhg7Ywfh3bEQvL0UPuoReG/w281-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20c%20sm.jpg" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diagram for making the hooked endpaper out of a<br />single strip. This will result in a pastedown,<br />flyleaf, and guard/waste sheet that the cover<br />will be built up on. <br /><br /><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-binding-of-book-film-and-manual-1936.html">This construction was also depicted in the post here.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ9iFuP1hEM9tzpAYl-jstsCx47m_WTFolzEEQPKq_IsTflUd3c9lqZt6KlZ1n8yNPUFqi9mWen-VsflTd_SDDVBENbhbn8SAKMRlt_J0M5Oy3U_kh5jH3M0Kgmhf_qVoENtC-FVAyy8RlgvIWYp8u9CU_QrpkPTOxBXX3S0dg2bajGch2K5zCTn1/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20d%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="708" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ9iFuP1hEM9tzpAYl-jstsCx47m_WTFolzEEQPKq_IsTflUd3c9lqZt6KlZ1n8yNPUFqi9mWen-VsflTd_SDDVBENbhbn8SAKMRlt_J0M5Oy3U_kh5jH3M0Kgmhf_qVoENtC-FVAyy8RlgvIWYp8u9CU_QrpkPTOxBXX3S0dg2bajGch2K5zCTn1/w284-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20d%20sm.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting the sewing. Note the position of<br />the endsheet relative to the first signature.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyXtQFMcHXYBgIsmKoaWJqPweTog61D_wSgUYuq-2k2uaPVlDzz-q_KT54aRzg92WTY_Z5PoUh-JJ8t8DiteXUlYFPTPw7_cFdPbRdVDEDZSha-KbIhJU1Wm2NzQ3S0Cm9Ia61kba5mzBQsLex8uTIYxPT-c_2RR9V9pPG0lskEOFrSvwVH6Rx0om/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20e%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="716" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyXtQFMcHXYBgIsmKoaWJqPweTog61D_wSgUYuq-2k2uaPVlDzz-q_KT54aRzg92WTY_Z5PoUh-JJ8t8DiteXUlYFPTPw7_cFdPbRdVDEDZSha-KbIhJU1Wm2NzQ3S0Cm9Ia61kba5mzBQsLex8uTIYxPT-c_2RR9V9pPG0lskEOFrSvwVH6Rx0om/w286-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20e%20sm.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The diagram depicts the "gebrochene Rücken",<br />referred to here as the Hülse (hollow). Per the text, <br />it is made from two pieces, one the width of the spine, the <br />other wider to attach it to the guard/waste sheet<br />of the textblock. It is made of card stock, and rather<br />than creasing and folding, it is scored, then folded.<br /><br />Do you know the difference between creasing and scoring?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynAo8a-tTtzZ5SU_n_ZW6ET06eeq1YeRQPsPbs1xRatZjyHRlr-KAgW1AOvKdZpO9CpUzk4sVWgu7q4niFwJfHkSCidWe5bHeQVocAMyKI7tQL40VIU1amuEFqUTrm-UT-pBwn9uDnox73JEdn8AgBgsXnzpPYdQdQ8Fusii6Avjyuql458vwZTXe/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20f%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynAo8a-tTtzZ5SU_n_ZW6ET06eeq1YeRQPsPbs1xRatZjyHRlr-KAgW1AOvKdZpO9CpUzk4sVWgu7q4niFwJfHkSCidWe5bHeQVocAMyKI7tQL40VIU1amuEFqUTrm-UT-pBwn9uDnox73JEdn8AgBgsXnzpPYdQdQ8Fusii6Avjyuql458vwZTXe/w288-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20f%20sm.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hülse attached to the guard/waste sheet.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxapWewgk483z8JsSxdeXU1TFT4U7Szt6NkQlkba9G7PDVUoDWT0ctHNJeHVgeqZr_uiaU-TI5Ym9qemgWvPnjsLeKCrngJkFvf3eoVcTpl6DrnC--gp0tnVSNV5p74vbJBNsBTLVpR8Qi5lLmdi35zr6BO4inPtUXIkMTr0aJhWtjDDSyUcEbO-v/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20g%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="706" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxapWewgk483z8JsSxdeXU1TFT4U7Szt6NkQlkba9G7PDVUoDWT0ctHNJeHVgeqZr_uiaU-TI5Ym9qemgWvPnjsLeKCrngJkFvf3eoVcTpl6DrnC--gp0tnVSNV5p74vbJBNsBTLVpR8Qi5lLmdi35zr6BO4inPtUXIkMTr0aJhWtjDDSyUcEbO-v/w283-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20g%20sm.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, the boards get attached.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxbQz-QqrAgh-Ut0LGm0uaCIbstRZP-30gT3FiSZickOlueVxQUxCiB6srs56uVcoYiONadLQMrCyWiLxnaVkbNPVHpi-v9yzMl-PPpFvjkRJakIRdqDmeW5ZxJr2BzmGVMkavd7_dkGAsf_1GslzRLWHWQC3ZH-GbzBkAVYAIit046OUjh4xrKDS/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20h%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="717" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxbQz-QqrAgh-Ut0LGm0uaCIbstRZP-30gT3FiSZickOlueVxQUxCiB6srs56uVcoYiONadLQMrCyWiLxnaVkbNPVHpi-v9yzMl-PPpFvjkRJakIRdqDmeW5ZxJr2BzmGVMkavd7_dkGAsf_1GslzRLWHWQC3ZH-GbzBkAVYAIit046OUjh4xrKDS/w286-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20h%20sm.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several presses are depicted in the booklet...<br /><br />After trimming the boards to size, <i>Buchbinden</i> ends<br />by telling students that there is no need to describe <br />covering as that was all described in the previous<br />pamphlet <i>Papparbeit.</i> After covering it continues<br />with paste out the paste down, close the cover onto the<br />textblock and put in the press.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Final tips: When starting out, sew on tapes, so you don't need a sewing frame, make sure you have lots of CLEAN wastepaper ready BEFORE starting each step, so you don't have to scurry to find a piece, also avoiding glue stains on the book... Then, make sure to have fun.<div><br /></div><div>Although this pamphlet is written for school children, the basic instructions are consistent with what was described in trade manuals published 100 years earlier.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnZaGcnGde-AEy7-R_4YK2NKaHEVDPGUQtSsPEUQcotaZ1cDwRCetriMdDY8KjgklPcxlsozBjJnk54-bPvpYMGsW2BupAzNPcTu5vcyWh-1ZdsXX0OMpXf7wCQRJqNR-JOwM_g5mN4JP5LZNNxhSI39ryXAtPUg-uc6wri8ZWEBFhmiBeKZRHBzF/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20i%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="706" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnZaGcnGde-AEy7-R_4YK2NKaHEVDPGUQtSsPEUQcotaZ1cDwRCetriMdDY8KjgklPcxlsozBjJnk54-bPvpYMGsW2BupAzNPcTu5vcyWh-1ZdsXX0OMpXf7wCQRJqNR-JOwM_g5mN4JP5LZNNxhSI39ryXAtPUg-uc6wri8ZWEBFhmiBeKZRHBzF/w283-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2018%20i%20sm.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back cover.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-68822170146446916182023-02-12T10:26:00.005-05:002023-02-18T13:04:49.556-05:00Book Crafts As A School Subject<p>Just received two more "manuals" introducing bookbinding subjects to school children. These two are both parts of the <i>Technische Jugend Bücherei</i> (Technical Library for Youths) edited by L.M.K. Capeller, instructor for art education at the teacher training institute in Munich. The first pamphlet <i><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1346176419">Papparbeit</a></i> (No. 17) covers the subject of paper crafts such as desk accessories, calendars, boxes, ... The second <i><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1340253223">Buchbinden</a></i> (No. 18) introduces bookbinding. Both were published in 1926. In this post, I'll share from <i>Papparbeit</i>.</p><p>In the post <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2019/12/book-and-paper-arts-for-school-students.html">Book and Paper Arts for School Students, a tale of two Pralles</a> H. Pralle wrote in <i>Die staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule zu Hamburg</i> "The pupil's workshops should not train craftsmen, they should educate in the children of all professions in the right understanding, sharp vision, and aptitude. Manual dexterity is valuable if mind and body are to be cultivated." So it was with these two texts.</p><p>The English bookbinding literature also features numerous publications of this sort, e.g. The Cockerells' <i>Bookbinding as a School Subject</i> series, Lismer's <i>Bookbinding Constructions for Senior Schools</i>, Matthew's<i> Simple Bookbinding for Junior Schools</i> and similar. While aimed at school children, the type and complexity of many of the techniques and projects introduced are on, and in some cases beyond what we would now consider basic or even intermediate book arts workshops. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqvLnzh_c6xLK9EEpFmYKi89hVvZ_xCdQyHBtkLMviX4zzHLGBGZTNfByOx4C7EJIR1W_1OCqICws9-amg1FSRHOxJJLdW3fTQEmvi3dwuPrsRiHIIS843e92L1DPEqwftVoNbN8qk1001VCJ5PaaZIerXK3H1rE3xGWfqSCwTJk5t14kyT7jwfZX/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20a%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqvLnzh_c6xLK9EEpFmYKi89hVvZ_xCdQyHBtkLMviX4zzHLGBGZTNfByOx4C7EJIR1W_1OCqICws9-amg1FSRHOxJJLdW3fTQEmvi3dwuPrsRiHIIS843e92L1DPEqwftVoNbN8qk1001VCJ5PaaZIerXK3H1rE3xGWfqSCwTJk5t14kyT7jwfZX/w294-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20a%20sm.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The covers on these pamphlets are rather attractive,<br />with the central decorative element representing a box.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8lZz3HFgoKTQ7U0t6EzbDYCqvgww3j6-WCMP0hz2MWYy302C02X1MBeCE9y1-PlIzrBnnIR1G5TmQe0_qJnYjmYtRJCjWkpRXQnpZnpNSKW87aS8GUo-i5pGoEusBB2DIzcW0qtrZ1gxzWmfv2e01JO5aalU1rZbWYGdLxKbvF9uPmGTfrNcQaqf/s1000/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20b%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="723" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8lZz3HFgoKTQ7U0t6EzbDYCqvgww3j6-WCMP0hz2MWYy302C02X1MBeCE9y1-PlIzrBnnIR1G5TmQe0_qJnYjmYtRJCjWkpRXQnpZnpNSKW87aS8GUo-i5pGoEusBB2DIzcW0qtrZ1gxzWmfv2e01JO5aalU1rZbWYGdLxKbvF9uPmGTfrNcQaqf/w289-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20b%20sm.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title page.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0lBlTZqMt9EbA8B9Pi8cQcF0a4LsNxH1SMgFjE_sAM2rqpd0b-F4bZ-VO5bQb8FcrOBQEzXZy0yNfAcS2erQApcLRN0kal5GvecVuq0SlTNKtB9CwZtaNDXJuNMMJXzM8C-8fALLCS598R4oCPtGiIWOKT5Wpg0bgLoXvW2kDHWqzQLvoBvDlv3O/s900/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20d%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="660" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0lBlTZqMt9EbA8B9Pi8cQcF0a4LsNxH1SMgFjE_sAM2rqpd0b-F4bZ-VO5bQb8FcrOBQEzXZy0yNfAcS2erQApcLRN0kal5GvecVuq0SlTNKtB9CwZtaNDXJuNMMJXzM8C-8fALLCS598R4oCPtGiIWOKT5Wpg0bgLoXvW2kDHWqzQLvoBvDlv3O/w294-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20d%20sm.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covering the edges of a portfolio, calendar or similar.<br />A decorated paper will be used to cover the rest.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgKqaUwAY9yykaB4xfh1--y1qtoAksYUydNKj962qjKsvliVPfNCaJ_WrNiSyZOEnT0iR4d-RSZRhMZNqvAEgO1K6_bi9D4dwpfyasYbYDouPf_M7V4ZUYmFf3Nf9m3vSMruTnkmijq_RE71RoCrw0BWjF2p0Yh5YqaqYTUNYSvR5LPpWNqj2ZIqK/s900/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20e%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="651" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgKqaUwAY9yykaB4xfh1--y1qtoAksYUydNKj962qjKsvliVPfNCaJ_WrNiSyZOEnT0iR4d-RSZRhMZNqvAEgO1K6_bi9D4dwpfyasYbYDouPf_M7V4ZUYmFf3Nf9m3vSMruTnkmijq_RE71RoCrw0BWjF2p0Yh5YqaqYTUNYSvR5LPpWNqj2ZIqK/w289-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20e%20sm.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covering the sides of a box.<br />The boxes are assembled by cutting, scoring,<br />and folding the cardboard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbNrjgf_BLLUx6bB5COfVayZKtNFVmdd8iJSnerCgXqqxluHY2tesGdfn69RoVrLBwAQm8qHi4oJtw2-5gJmxEzMSHLrPyNKW_TbKLi6yJLvFrnlVTwfnkiAcyaC8RevJmi-e7MiOuUa4Xyr7qaFXnuCc1sjPCnlRqOCoWQfWbSCiXhB9w0JL_VME/s900/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20f%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbNrjgf_BLLUx6bB5COfVayZKtNFVmdd8iJSnerCgXqqxluHY2tesGdfn69RoVrLBwAQm8qHi4oJtw2-5gJmxEzMSHLrPyNKW_TbKLi6yJLvFrnlVTwfnkiAcyaC8RevJmi-e7MiOuUa4Xyr7qaFXnuCc1sjPCnlRqOCoWQfWbSCiXhB9w0JL_VME/w290-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20f%20sm.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, the box is covered.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilC0v_aBxzrPE7y00q22rrG4hZFJzstQQ9sIJwFhBid0fjWgFa1ERxVKan4-ZMlWvauS0qV1TWfQFW6a_8x79r8oA0jgx03fEt9Ydz2rRPAPjlCdk5NXAriT3V7HRDtFDL19s1r4QbQKpRavTK6ctfzacQHYMotIy-E_D3uiqIOpbm0-iJWx4j5s2C/s900/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20g%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="664" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilC0v_aBxzrPE7y00q22rrG4hZFJzstQQ9sIJwFhBid0fjWgFa1ERxVKan4-ZMlWvauS0qV1TWfQFW6a_8x79r8oA0jgx03fEt9Ydz2rRPAPjlCdk5NXAriT3V7HRDtFDL19s1r4QbQKpRavTK6ctfzacQHYMotIy-E_D3uiqIOpbm0-iJWx4j5s2C/w295-h400/Techn%20Jugend%20B%C3%BCcherei,%20Buchbinderei,%20No.%2017%20g%20sm.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back cover of the pamphlet.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In my next post I will share from <i>Buchbinden.</i></div><br /><p><br /></p>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-61265812881443698012023-02-11T13:47:00.002-05:002023-02-13T11:55:15.969-05:00Account Book Advertising Stamp<p>This stamp would have been used like tape for wrapping paper, in this case for the products purchased there. The stamp was produced by Hochlehnert & Co., Ulm a. D. <a href="https://www.veikkos-archiv.com/index.php?title=Hochlehnert_%26_Co">Hochlehnert & Co.</a> were also an account/ledger book "factory", printer, and paper wholesaler. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj8Vwq-zspkpSwsR3AaPNY6kjvuYJ7Ym2tygl7eYMo4mKDrmeYjw52Yq0XyZrjFHoWGsdiR6PaRuTpJeQMgu3cfQbnZU2uGaq_Y19D2bshkiP4qXC1K6WqEk3KODFkMx0CbQce9LAe9MG2E6UcI5T4YhZl2KAxshbtu4qTixq2SqNq6cMoJegA8GQ/s600/Gesch%C3%A4ftsb%C3%BCcher_Stamp%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj8Vwq-zspkpSwsR3AaPNY6kjvuYJ7Ym2tygl7eYMo4mKDrmeYjw52Yq0XyZrjFHoWGsdiR6PaRuTpJeQMgu3cfQbnZU2uGaq_Y19D2bshkiP4qXC1K6WqEk3KODFkMx0CbQce9LAe9MG2E6UcI5T4YhZl2KAxshbtu4qTixq2SqNq6cMoJegA8GQ/s16000/Gesch%C3%A4ftsb%C3%BCcher_Stamp%20sm.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Account/Ledger Books</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Bookbindery and Stationers</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Richard Emmerich</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Bautzen, Seminarstraße 2<br />7.5 x 5 cm</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Below, the location in Bautzen (Saxony) now. Sadly no street view.</p><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="450" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d733.5738082591737!2d14.425251491948753!3d51.17940523674322!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47085585a868b251%3A0x47e497b5968ef737!2sSeminarstra%C3%9Fe%202%2C%2002625%20Bautzen%2C%20Germany!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1676140062535!5m2!1sen!2sus" style="border: 0;" width="600"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2016/03/buchbinderei-l-horn-berlin.html">You can see a similar stamp from an earlier post here.</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUQ12JxI2eUkmMR6M7kQngsqR9CdWlvfprNJJzfwqpdjWyDo0AHyq0FBuil0yebA_Q6-lewCsXv33KT73CbWNASIV3R8BrBVmzaBe6yd2nvm4u0DxJneG404H_hfy7rXGlyCj-aJEytMBI_yo9JLX6NbdK4Dw4UExaBP1W7VarNXdEBUJRTNm8j3-/s900/Buchbinderei%20Franz%20Dreeger,%20Wien,%201910%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="900" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUQ12JxI2eUkmMR6M7kQngsqR9CdWlvfprNJJzfwqpdjWyDo0AHyq0FBuil0yebA_Q6-lewCsXv33KT73CbWNASIV3R8BrBVmzaBe6yd2nvm4u0DxJneG404H_hfy7rXGlyCj-aJEytMBI_yo9JLX6NbdK4Dw4UExaBP1W7VarNXdEBUJRTNm8j3-/w400-h256/Buchbinderei%20Franz%20Dreeger,%20Wien,%201910%20sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perhaps it looked like this, the Buchbinderei Franz Dreeger, (ca. 1910)<br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kzExy85xPJL8X2hQ7">9 Singrienergasse, Vienna</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-51041842660510184482023-01-16T11:10:00.005-05:002023-01-17T13:43:11.539-05:00German Kaiser Gifts W. Collin Bindings<p>Ten days ago, I got the kind of email that made may day in a wonderful way. A colleague shared some images of a very large multi-volume set that had come into the conservation lab for some work before being returned to its rightful place in the collections. The set had come to attention because it had decorated a retiring library Dean's office... What made the set special to me was that the set had been bound by W. Collin, Court bookbinders in Berlin, and came with some important provenance.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><i><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_1408688">Œuvres de Frédéric le Grand, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786</a></i> <br />Berlin, Imprimerie royale, 1846-57.<br />31 volume(s). in 33. 3 front. (incl. 2 portrait) 2 facsimile 36 cm. and atlas. 53 cm.</p></blockquote><p>Following the link to HathiTrust in the record above, I was able to see that the set is represented by holdings in several libraries, but none bound like this!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8m474CwoFT5XtETlMcGhMD3u4OSSM7imyT5LGoGG-DaCD_dC79Ixh06J2TE5iTjSudPDfqFwvATIUpL3W9aAyYCPZoeyJKrvHlMVwEl1Jw2abt4sHx8JWWPLFwpElX-of0K88fwPL5KI27JJFWmeHN3U1djoVmPgDTPST5PnqvXH8jnZ9yDi_khJ/s1000/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand08.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1000" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8m474CwoFT5XtETlMcGhMD3u4OSSM7imyT5LGoGG-DaCD_dC79Ixh06J2TE5iTjSudPDfqFwvATIUpL3W9aAyYCPZoeyJKrvHlMVwEl1Jw2abt4sHx8JWWPLFwpElX-of0K88fwPL5KI27JJFWmeHN3U1djoVmPgDTPST5PnqvXH8jnZ9yDi_khJ/w400-h289/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand08.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's A LOT of big books...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyKhej9xnNNvHrHZFOYWDs4hho7NttElG7owyLCl0giwgVhBptgcMeNjuIvL2TOqH3b7o1SfpErMI8CUutp2e7uCCzE4KQDAGguOzSnXVyIgvmWDeU9AFgejmBjdO7QRj6yFwiAUeBTLcTcbq-uR6rbpQ8W62lXA0V_m51OfFoxTU-gcgE7z33dec/s1000/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand02.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1000" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyKhej9xnNNvHrHZFOYWDs4hho7NttElG7owyLCl0giwgVhBptgcMeNjuIvL2TOqH3b7o1SfpErMI8CUutp2e7uCCzE4KQDAGguOzSnXVyIgvmWDeU9AFgejmBjdO7QRj6yFwiAUeBTLcTcbq-uR6rbpQ8W62lXA0V_m51OfFoxTU-gcgE7z33dec/w400-h319/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand02.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overall view with the monogram of Prussian King Frederick the Great.<br /><br />Sadly, the call number and other labels are a common problem in libraries.<br />In many cases, the books were long part of the circulating collections<br />before being move to special collections. <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2013/10/bindings-by-w-collin.html">An example of that is Syracuse<br />University's von Ranke collection that also features many W. Collin bindings.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJOIkOutAjbfl7G3sTbRJFuP2luXqKAuos_UAW56iPAZFDu0QrdZqcfr75KMtGS-BcM1V0fIZ3YAZ_5bwRbpENBxu8e_MrPUv1FrIlFlpOpXYzHCZymXiLChoGKghTNWl442uxp-3XKeas9EnEN2UN4fSJtq0MBvfGNdfymH1ydrYJvZy-w4sanOR/s1000/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand03.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJOIkOutAjbfl7G3sTbRJFuP2luXqKAuos_UAW56iPAZFDu0QrdZqcfr75KMtGS-BcM1V0fIZ3YAZ_5bwRbpENBxu8e_MrPUv1FrIlFlpOpXYzHCZymXiLChoGKghTNWl442uxp-3XKeas9EnEN2UN4fSJtq0MBvfGNdfymH1ydrYJvZy-w4sanOR/w400-h266/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand03.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilt edges on three sides, leather inner joints, and marbled endpapers.<br />All pretty standard for the day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1CUUQhBtL2XEj0hXXEf9nFQaZUpteP8QJA0cxIuCHyGaLKMQFKzb7GOt_IlwzIV_92g8zZZg0FEN32_8uuJMYLaWM2-Ix2RBRXCOt4hxM7y5p-t-hrx8ZCkVuv41PFMjHg3qsqSHfVG0ZVWEP-borRZkAQtTkQoLP_-sU3KdK4X76qxT1cihpl4k/s1297/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand05.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1CUUQhBtL2XEj0hXXEf9nFQaZUpteP8QJA0cxIuCHyGaLKMQFKzb7GOt_IlwzIV_92g8zZZg0FEN32_8uuJMYLaWM2-Ix2RBRXCOt4hxM7y5p-t-hrx8ZCkVuv41PFMjHg3qsqSHfVG0ZVWEP-borRZkAQtTkQoLP_-sU3KdK4X76qxT1cihpl4k/w494-h640/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand05.JPG" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, that's some provenance, Gift of Kaiser Wilhelm II!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tUu0siPjmf8DmcHEiKA68Q9feHaTIUqweroL3vUA911_cg5GmSA7xY0f8tQXOLOkJjI4baxQXY4lRr7LxhI3hwPV4zhS7Hs3l78rd6P5w19uSKBpKJLpUgYvKP0qNouncXCbFSBt39QGbQ9QPjpisf8o6z4XY8okOC-v3tPwn2KKG-KYjRG0l6wb/s1000/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand06.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tUu0siPjmf8DmcHEiKA68Q9feHaTIUqweroL3vUA911_cg5GmSA7xY0f8tQXOLOkJjI4baxQXY4lRr7LxhI3hwPV4zhS7Hs3l78rd6P5w19uSKBpKJLpUgYvKP0qNouncXCbFSBt39QGbQ9QPjpisf8o6z4XY8okOC-v3tPwn2KKG-KYjRG0l6wb/w400-h266/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand06.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W. Collin Court Bookbinders, Berlin<br />A new-to-me location for the stamp. If not stamped on the binding,<br />they were usually at the bottom left of the flyleaf verso.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dkyj22oIxHiLNTQUZJ3vjX60nmdPL_nt9GAMCWRIcZsr2LaZI8IiclB3jDA7nEbjD-h1rW5cmGHWz8fVH6CKN5uNDJ8cR7VVisAeqzesbjO9Eh9HfuTVl0etxiHhZmVCLL1MWuTtP-D3XWOQDU52ic9-Ny0maaoF-95XW8-SEg1zhPpmTieTuFcK/s1000/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand06-2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="1000" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dkyj22oIxHiLNTQUZJ3vjX60nmdPL_nt9GAMCWRIcZsr2LaZI8IiclB3jDA7nEbjD-h1rW5cmGHWz8fVH6CKN5uNDJ8cR7VVisAeqzesbjO9Eh9HfuTVl0etxiHhZmVCLL1MWuTtP-D3XWOQDU52ic9-Ny0maaoF-95XW8-SEg1zhPpmTieTuFcK/w400-h121/%C5%92uvres%20de%20Fre%CC%81de%CC%81ric%20le%20Grand06-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail view of stamp.<br />I've added it to my <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2016/01/die-collins-teil-1-wilhelm-und-georg.html">page with all stamps and tickets</a> I've found.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>A special thanks to J. Michael Keeling, Preservation & Conservation Specialist in Conservation & Preservation at the Sheridan Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University. Michael handled the books and found more information about W. Collin... on this blog. He also took and shared these wonderful images. Thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Conservation & Preservation at JHU is also where I was first exposed to this wonderful profession as a <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-ponderings-of-bookbinding-student.html">work-study student in the same department</a>.</div><div><br /></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-88626414867279678002022-12-23T15:15:00.005-05:002023-01-01T14:02:39.003-05:00Meisterhafte Unikate - 100th Anniversary of Meister der Einbandkunst<p>Received a fantastic gift today from a friend in the <a href="https://www.pirckheimer-gesellschaft.org/">Pirckheimer Gesellschaft</a>, the catalog to Meister der Einbandkunst's 100th anniversary exhibition <i>Meisterhafte Unikate</i> (<i>Unique Masterly Bindings</i>).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxf4qQFJxWItrkJXbTiDpdgca1eNiI-bVdZ7T5rA8zrfC6cc0RDRR-g6xnrMOKFM8jfKaz--MKZYGRSg7qoN_6xdr0XD28CKCXaNL22Qpzb4_6oD_N7hqxz4R6gcKvOP9vIV6lKKR83uLbBDSOnSoMHPqtg3iLXskjmV9F0zr6p7MEIEgAxO5mtRvZ/s900/Meisterhafte%20Unikate%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="728" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxf4qQFJxWItrkJXbTiDpdgca1eNiI-bVdZ7T5rA8zrfC6cc0RDRR-g6xnrMOKFM8jfKaz--MKZYGRSg7qoN_6xdr0XD28CKCXaNL22Qpzb4_6oD_N7hqxz4R6gcKvOP9vIV6lKKR83uLbBDSOnSoMHPqtg3iLXskjmV9F0zr6p7MEIEgAxO5mtRvZ/w324-h400/Meisterhafte%20Unikate%202022.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mde-einbandkunst.eu/">Meister der Einbandkunst</a><br /><i>Meisterhafte Unikate: 100 Jahre Einbandkunst</i><br />2022</td></tr></tbody></table><p>VERY pleased to see numerous Ernst Collin citations, and very pleasantly surprised to see my binding of the first (1927) <i>Jahrbuch der Einbandkunst</i> illustrated. It was bound at <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2014/02/jahrbuch-der-einbandkunst-2.html">E.A. Enders</a> in Leipzig. I acquired the binding 1988ish when a dealer brought it to Bill Minter's studio where I was working for deacidification. Yes, I paid Bill for the deacidification.</p><p>Based on one citation of an article by Otto Pfaff, I also got the sense that my article "<a href="https://works.bepress.com/peter_verheyen/60/download/">Ernst Collin und sein Pressbengel: Eine Spurensuche zum Buchbinder, Schriftsteller, Antiquar und Bibliophilen</a>" that was published in the Pirckheimer Gesellschaft's <i>Marginalien, Zeitschrift für Buchkunst und Bibliophilie</i> was "helpful".</p><p><span style="color: #990000;">Heute ein wunderbares Geschenk bekommen, den Katalog <i>Meisterhafte Unikate: 100 Jahre Einbandkunst</i>. Ich habe mich sehr über die vielen Ernst Collin Zitate gefreut, aber auch besonders für die Abbildung von meinem Exemplar des <i>Jahrbuch der Einbandkunst</i>, 1927ish gebunden bei E.A. Enders. Ich bekam auch den Eindruck, daß mein Artikel "<a href="https://works.bepress.com/peter_verheyen/60/download/">Ernst Collin und sein Pressbengel: Eine Spurensuche zum Buchbinder, Schriftsteller, Antiquar und Bibliophilen</a>," der in den <i>Marginalien, Zeitschrift für Buchkunst und Bibliophilie</i> der Pirckheimer Gesellschaft erschien, zu dem Zitat von Otto Pfaffs Artikel "verholfen" hat.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN9bUMVpVRUbaSZHV1BKBx8N7Nbh2RzdOLgcTkavRAWswPBUO0yxz_xZnKJpH7eY9wNYoI54-ZcLUZOenKOQobHnP-wEphxdXcy39PBLuuqcVBUI3FTbnjS_LOND5hNt9xyeCeXRRXcez2Pq1oYPixhlpvsMhpXvnly36XnoMGuQF3EerXN994TP2/s900/Jahrbuch%20der%20Einbandkunst%20in%20Meisterhafte%20Unikate%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="900" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN9bUMVpVRUbaSZHV1BKBx8N7Nbh2RzdOLgcTkavRAWswPBUO0yxz_xZnKJpH7eY9wNYoI54-ZcLUZOenKOQobHnP-wEphxdXcy39PBLuuqcVBUI3FTbnjS_LOND5hNt9xyeCeXRRXcez2Pq1oYPixhlpvsMhpXvnly36XnoMGuQF3EerXN994TP2/w400-h365/Jahrbuch%20der%20Einbandkunst%20in%20Meisterhafte%20Unikate%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jahrbuch der Einbandkunst</i>, 1927<br />Bound at <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2014/02/jahrbuch-der-einbandkunst-2.html">E.A. Enders</a><br />Image from <i>Meisterhafte Unikate</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WEyHN71Wt_uAIxtvsRxXfifnmOlMBP5CJwbJko7LRFhPcuK1kixWs84FgD6oSU6aHswzgPWKrV_kom4blTZvWKR8EWaU6eGbq3HlYOL3GYs9qxAr-AGgXibD02XQs4iy0EXlvSICXif10ces4G6UKPPMpy8xjitEs2K5lfcCNM_LKoZ8siqHBNz-/s900/EA_Enders-Jahrbuch_der_Einbandkunst.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="900" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WEyHN71Wt_uAIxtvsRxXfifnmOlMBP5CJwbJko7LRFhPcuK1kixWs84FgD6oSU6aHswzgPWKrV_kom4blTZvWKR8EWaU6eGbq3HlYOL3GYs9qxAr-AGgXibD02XQs4iy0EXlvSICXif10ces4G6UKPPMpy8xjitEs2K5lfcCNM_LKoZ8siqHBNz-/w400-h278/EA_Enders-Jahrbuch_der_Einbandkunst.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jahrbuch der Einbandkunst</i>, 1927<br />Bound at <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2014/02/jahrbuch-der-einbandkunst-2.html">E.A. Enders</a><br />Collection of Peter D. Verheyen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-7241561236113455982022-06-17T09:31:00.002-04:002022-11-07T15:00:53.811-05:00More decorated papers from Deutsche Einbandkunst, 1921<p>I recently acquired 2 more copies of the catalog to <i>Deutsche Einbandkunst</i> edited by, and also with an article by, Ernst Collin. Why more copies, well the catalog was produced in two versions, a deluxe of twenty unbound copies on handmade wove rag (I-XX), with the remaining copies (21-2,000) on a machine-made wove rag paper. My copy of the deluxe edition (Nr. XX) was bound in an unsigned ¼ leather binding with cloth sides and gilt top edge. It is the regular edition copies in their decorated paper wrappers made or provided by ten different decorated papermakers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="707" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCBDoxbBOw2rQ-FfmOtYJfGRcKdMCEmHqFKBMabx3N4VXkwjf1JoQrolNugVSwe0Bebg1qN0OsPOEqCx9fqx0Fq9x4YBtiom8PzpWBVmK5z69Ro84xXMp0hZVZG6FMafSNMMY1ZMjsJGW5klgT5po6i740gRj_cAYnmhdZ8dYkrWXq9ZaxaoqhpuB/w566-h640/Deutsche%20Einbandkunst%201921%20(7)%20sm%20b.jpg" style="color: #0000ee;" width="566" /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/05/deutsche-einbandkunst-1921.html">I shared the first batch of three here</a>. Below, the next two:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uQjxRBp28bGvlQQfueoTPRNT3Abj572W_eKGxiJp4tBMkcmIemLDmnd-VptmUYXmLr9N7RVOv9rBQPH_8ptKcQ7gOHUAhg0L6y4d8xo4uOfbznQXQLByQrR4Eu2CuXnDWRUk2wOiX2GJC1umgSNpeGKGiGXIqpQilR3yU91k5NOf3ew_91ms413t/s900/Deutsche%20Einbandkunst%201921%20(4)%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uQjxRBp28bGvlQQfueoTPRNT3Abj572W_eKGxiJp4tBMkcmIemLDmnd-VptmUYXmLr9N7RVOv9rBQPH_8ptKcQ7gOHUAhg0L6y4d8xo4uOfbznQXQLByQrR4Eu2CuXnDWRUk2wOiX2GJC1umgSNpeGKGiGXIqpQilR3yU91k5NOf3ew_91ms413t/w472-h640/Deutsche%20Einbandkunst%201921%20(4)%20sm.jpg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copy # 852, paper made by Theo Paul Hermann, Leipzig.<br />This is a printed paste paper (Kleisterdruck)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib40UtgagV4tVlDJ6Gsq2iA5UIoGMfxr2FMxNSfoYXcI7VXBAEKkfX7sWFTW9c--olW0llLAIIRmLQ6kmyG-E6dEcW0GI2rDn7BvPGzLUzgh9wpWFOGrDk8Mmj6gZ-1eEh1YmgHRzbP6v4cPqVB5hTXZCZOv_K0svzymxTqEuMrq2MQs8N2YzKoST4/s900/Deutsche%20Einbandkunst%201921%20(5)%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib40UtgagV4tVlDJ6Gsq2iA5UIoGMfxr2FMxNSfoYXcI7VXBAEKkfX7sWFTW9c--olW0llLAIIRmLQ6kmyG-E6dEcW0GI2rDn7BvPGzLUzgh9wpWFOGrDk8Mmj6gZ-1eEh1YmgHRzbP6v4cPqVB5hTXZCZOv_K0svzymxTqEuMrq2MQs8N2YzKoST4/w474-h640/Deutsche%20Einbandkunst%201921%20(5)%20sm.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copy # 921, paper made by Anne-Marie Irmler, Berlin.<br />An expressionistic stenciled paper, "schabloniertes Papier."<br />She is mentioned in an article that appeared in the <i>Papier-Fabrikant</i>,<br />a paper trades publication. (<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015080372009?urlappend=%3Bseq=881%3Bownerid=87741838-880">749</a>-<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015080372009?urlappend=%3Bseq=882%3Bownerid=87741838-881">750</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Not going to make a habit of aquiring more copies unless the papers really grab me... 😂</p><p><br /></p>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-26489482423655565892022-05-31T08:27:00.007-04:002024-03-07T08:29:52.157-05:00Colliniana 2021-22 - Ernst Collin Updates<p>Today, on Ernst Collin's birthday, I once again share an overview of findings from the past year. For a variety of reasons, things have slowed down around this blog and my ongoing research around Ernst and his family of W. Collin. Reasons include the copyright "wall" that is moving forward a year at a time, but also less time and energy on my part. We'll call it burn out that affects much more than this work. That said, there were some exciting moments. That said, almost none of what I have found and learned would have been possible without digitized collections such as <a href="http://hathitrust.org">HathiTrust</a> and the <a href="https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/">Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek</a>.</p><p>My article '<a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/06/ernst-collin-und-sein-pressbengel-in.html">Ernst Collin und sein Pressbengel: Eine Spurensuche zum Buchbinder, Schriftsteller, Antiquar und Bibliophilen</a>' appeared in the <i>Marginalien</i> of the Pirckheimer Gesellschaft, a German bibliophilic organization originally based in Berlin. With this article, I formally reintroduced Ernst Collin and his family to those they bound for, and he wrote for. The article also shared some findings "discovered" since <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2016/06/die-collinsthe-collins-online.html"><i>Die Collins</i> / <i>The Collins</i></a> appeared in 2016.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjggy4kd76Gci5bjWIdGUUWL3-dzwddbTVyUUJvyBBxZL4o8-VkLg34Y3BTscQfOzow_qGV66jNCnPtJnyyQxLS_3C0YgCxc19fsX8KGBCMM4rGF5Gp2OArSCn0mKDvn4o8nNp1Rg6hpBkPuj460csHWKTUHCk8baoyPgyKb-eXGOOUMC88rBC86-K/s900/Marginal%20Erschienen%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="900" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjggy4kd76Gci5bjWIdGUUWL3-dzwddbTVyUUJvyBBxZL4o8-VkLg34Y3BTscQfOzow_qGV66jNCnPtJnyyQxLS_3C0YgCxc19fsX8KGBCMM4rGF5Gp2OArSCn0mKDvn4o8nNp1Rg6hpBkPuj460csHWKTUHCk8baoyPgyKb-eXGOOUMC88rBC86-K/w400-h274/Marginal%20Erschienen%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening spread of the article. On the right Ernst Collin's exlibris<br />by Walter Kampmann. The exlibris was included in the first<br />volume of <i>Die Heftlade</i>.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We know that Ernst Collin wrote for a very wide range of publications, so I was not surprised by the <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2022/04/promotional-leaflet-by-ernst-collin-for.html">advertising leaflet for Dornemann</a> I found bound in with several Paul Kersten texts on finishing and tooling that someone had compiled. Also bound in were several more leaflets for Dornemann by Kersten. These kinds of things are rather ephemeral, and I was not able to find the ones I have in the catalog of the German National Library, that has a large collection. Dornemann was one of the largest manufacturers of brass finishing tools and type in Germany, and the pallets and gouges I have were made by them.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdQIVyaK4SMK58ZYu8IM9rsfTDiKfrUbAnpQH1Rq_WdnRNB_udSSB9CXOnD5Ma-yhJpeLKprzoT0kr3vE_EOUuh5avDLt50_rJ80uW0QXxnOqOoWMQXHpteWGK9_vSBmbYpYwPs19uVUfiw2l_F4bHTXqHtfY6OKrlSHhMxbDuqJx7DtEebTj-VaK/s900/Collin,%20Ernst%20-%20Messingschriften%20f%C3%BCr%20Handvergolder,%20Dorneman%20u%20Co,%20Magdeburg,%20Heft%203,%20nd%201sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdQIVyaK4SMK58ZYu8IM9rsfTDiKfrUbAnpQH1Rq_WdnRNB_udSSB9CXOnD5Ma-yhJpeLKprzoT0kr3vE_EOUuh5avDLt50_rJ80uW0QXxnOqOoWMQXHpteWGK9_vSBmbYpYwPs19uVUfiw2l_F4bHTXqHtfY6OKrlSHhMxbDuqJx7DtEebTj-VaK/w266-h400/Collin,%20Ernst%20-%20Messingschriften%20f%C3%BCr%20Handvergolder,%20Dorneman%20u%20Co,%20Magdeburg,%20Heft%203,%20nd%201sm.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brass type for the hand-finisher. [n.d.] </td></tr></tbody></table><p>However, most of all, I was absolutely surprised to have discovered a copy of the <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/12/pressbengel-deluxe-edition.html">deluxe edition of Ernst's <i>Pressbengel</i></a> bound in parchment when I really wasn't looking. Ordered and now in my collection of the editions of this work. There were a total of 30 copies of the deluxe that could be ordered in parchment or leather, bindings by Hübel & Denck, Leipzig.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblCxVm8KmLy7dbYmQxszErwkLnGB1q6axPh-XaZ7M0h3AD8fQ49r-81EDGowpvxnRC6ntspnsUcNeHaqi1NpY_h3SWeLOpi_CPx_qvGvCjE_7w0gakIX9zwY9UdvesADk4zsRORLzDcZZLTf0Z4XmLPPORd6SJ8iqBTjWlHnG7UXZl0WX-5-0PtBA/s900/Pressbengel%20deluxe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblCxVm8KmLy7dbYmQxszErwkLnGB1q6axPh-XaZ7M0h3AD8fQ49r-81EDGowpvxnRC6ntspnsUcNeHaqi1NpY_h3SWeLOpi_CPx_qvGvCjE_7w0gakIX9zwY9UdvesADk4zsRORLzDcZZLTf0Z4XmLPPORd6SJ8iqBTjWlHnG7UXZl0WX-5-0PtBA/w484-h640/Pressbengel%20deluxe.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhWrJx3xr4Y9DFzDnCFH7oXAGYSoqYCOdkwrzeWRtJBSupu-aZ1ymhpah5USaSgOc1frGogKNi7EI6uq9X4kv1HOuQen_9qEmQ24sL9xlgQyywaEmiRHuTeOPVjMKaFIfALbgIA_FGg36AENaEJlSMUw-IHHhKihOFg2yesij7aN2Rmjj3JninoNL/s900/Pressbengel%20Deluxe%20Colophon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="900" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhWrJx3xr4Y9DFzDnCFH7oXAGYSoqYCOdkwrzeWRtJBSupu-aZ1ymhpah5USaSgOc1frGogKNi7EI6uq9X4kv1HOuQen_9qEmQ24sL9xlgQyywaEmiRHuTeOPVjMKaFIfALbgIA_FGg36AENaEJlSMUw-IHHhKihOFg2yesij7aN2Rmjj3JninoNL/w400-h209/Pressbengel%20Deluxe%20Colophon.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Printed in Didot-Antiqua onto VERY heavy/stiff Zanders ragpaper.<br />This is number 7. Sadly, they weren't signed.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We'll see if a copy of the deluxe in leather ever appears on my screen...</p><p>I also continue to find reference to the <i>Pressbengel, Die Heftlade,</i> and <i>Paul Kersten </i>by Ernst Collin in book trade publications. Below a listing from September 23, 1922 for the <i>Pressbengel</i> in the <i><a href="https://archive.org/details/wochentlichesver1922hinr/page/1916/mode/2up?q=pressbengel">Wöchentliches Verzeichnis der erschienenen und der vorbereiteten Neuigkeiten des deutschen Buchhandels</a></i> published by the Deutsche Bücherei. The <i>Wöchentliches Verzeichnis</i> indicated new publications. There was also a r<a href="https://www.boersenblatt-digital.de/pageview?tx_dlf%5bid%5d=26499&tx_dlf%5bpage%5d=61">eview in the Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel</a>, 30 October, 1922.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7eWLERbbNoP7zVNzJujDptcfvwWIAw2XmAR_5R1rw3AcbegsGAYm_M3x9FtWJ83n1OCn2jUZuYj834zu6btUllEF8wB5JCtU-5Yfn0q8EYv_tQpf6xvczOnioixAjTmyEIdTw2pXBY5B5rZUTKY4lgYf_xUfd6vE7H8jHdCKowUKuBs2Qu-h_MWF/s719/Pressbengel%20in%20W%C3%B6chtentliches%20Verzeichnis,%2023%20September%201922.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="98" data-original-width="719" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7eWLERbbNoP7zVNzJujDptcfvwWIAw2XmAR_5R1rw3AcbegsGAYm_M3x9FtWJ83n1OCn2jUZuYj834zu6btUllEF8wB5JCtU-5Yfn0q8EYv_tQpf6xvczOnioixAjTmyEIdTw2pXBY5B5rZUTKY4lgYf_xUfd6vE7H8jHdCKowUKuBs2Qu-h_MWF/w400-h55/Pressbengel%20in%20W%C3%B6chtentliches%20Verzeichnis,%2023%20September%201922.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the prices. This was still relatively early in the period<br />of hyperinflation. These prices would have reflected the values in<br />the paper money of the time...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The <i>Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde</i> published a continuation of the <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059802655&view=1up&seq=186&skin=2021&q1=Pressbengel">"discussion" around the <i>Pressbengel</i></a>, as well as a <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059802655&view=1up&seq=236&skin=2021&q1=Pressbengel">brief "review" of Collin's three publications</a> mentioned above. <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2020/04/pressbengel-im-borsenblatt-1922.html">More about the "discussion" here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then, under "this makes me happy", <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2609378299207257&id=1361627740648992">mention on Facebook</a> of my downloadable sheets for binding my translation of the <i>Pressbengel</i> (<i>The Bone Folder</i>). This was shared by a bindery in Whitley Bay, UK:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Just recently I came across a website with a free download of "The Bone Folder" by Ernst Collin. A very readable little book, it was first published in 1922 and takes the form of a conversation between a book lover and a bookbinder. The imposition has already been done, and it folds into five sections. It would make a nice little project for members who have completed our basic course. I have run off some extra labels if anyone would like to bind up their own copy. The website where it can be found is <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/">https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/</a>.</i></div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX2ZX_0nMj6PdeXtvPxFOrY5Zh5QUWCEK1Fj5Iz-rPSeUH-ZEpRkWBgjRaXhDPa1K2XrJluGr4d2Uv9dleWHupnmPQaQcT4lm6oiYORVG5CKSHWKltdSb69M8uNGmcRXzv7_roUU5Ti2OoMZX0HYEXfZ1bFrBPuG33e15iF8ussbByD0QxNQQk82K/s679/Bone%20Folder%20-%20Whitley%20Bay,%20UK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="679" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX2ZX_0nMj6PdeXtvPxFOrY5Zh5QUWCEK1Fj5Iz-rPSeUH-ZEpRkWBgjRaXhDPa1K2XrJluGr4d2Uv9dleWHupnmPQaQcT4lm6oiYORVG5CKSHWKltdSb69M8uNGmcRXzv7_roUU5Ti2OoMZX0HYEXfZ1bFrBPuG33e15iF8ussbByD0QxNQQk82K/w320-h320/Bone%20Folder%20-%20Whitley%20Bay,%20UK.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>That's what the sheets are there for, and I'm very glad to see them being shared. Download link in the left panel or <a href="https://works.bepress.com/peter_verheyen/44/download/">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the <a href="https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/newspaper/item/EMYSRIS4KUV6Q6EFZUQZCMJ5L3KZ5AI4?issuepage=3"><i>Berliner Börsen-Zeitung</i> of April 10, 1924</a> (a kind of <i>Wall Street Journal)</i> I found a reference to the "hiatus" during 1923 of the <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Heftlade"><i>Heftlade</i>, the journal Ernst Collin published for the Jakob-Krause-Bund</a>. 1923 was the worst of the period of hyperinflation... The brief article mentions that the <i>Heftlade</i> was back with 2 issues and was looking forward to the future... Sadly, that was it, except for a seemingly random issue in 1925.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA_xGZuat6z3pZgTr7sQ61TWLdtIlH_QH5aWwgKMOy33IqnM1sEsYaZq28jnhBsIcosaVkpKOQ5yVC24bVsg6d7GhhEoOFIfn2qfhVh7CWSDazblLymz7qo6ukctvUFm2nt3EYdhl74WGSwN9zKuKo5xA1tCy_4GijH8OaN3UCEK-ETJDqzOIOXg9/s800/Heftlade%20in%20Berliner%20B%C3%B6rsen-Zeitung,%20Morgenausgabe%20April%2010,%201924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="800" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsA_xGZuat6z3pZgTr7sQ61TWLdtIlH_QH5aWwgKMOy33IqnM1sEsYaZq28jnhBsIcosaVkpKOQ5yVC24bVsg6d7GhhEoOFIfn2qfhVh7CWSDazblLymz7qo6ukctvUFm2nt3EYdhl74WGSwN9zKuKo5xA1tCy_4GijH8OaN3UCEK-ETJDqzOIOXg9/w400-h244/Heftlade%20in%20Berliner%20B%C3%B6rsen-Zeitung,%20Morgenausgabe%20April%2010,%201924.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Downloading another article from HathiTrust, I was very pleased to discover that a <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/08/w-collin-binding-on-v-menzel.html">W. Collin binding I have</a> was depicted in <i>Deutsche Einbandkunst im ersten Jahrzehnt des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts</i> by the great German bibliophile and author of the time G.A.E. Bogeng.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh9EHdOr2J0197EmK0KvjOgohcjK-tcfHLtceFfIcitnypZ7TZYlwWyEHc6TkYvdDy6IT15hU8v1HmalFtar60bCB0PVbDdH5LXWl5lnervthlRqS4yDYCx9oWGbEXaS4027sZ--HGaQd58vgtOFMtOK1fizP4-W-0NnwEOEC-25IfLTeMuxZZ9Vf/s722/Bogeng-Deutsche%20Einbandkunst,%20%5B1911%5D%20Collin%20Bild.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="623" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVh9EHdOr2J0197EmK0KvjOgohcjK-tcfHLtceFfIcitnypZ7TZYlwWyEHc6TkYvdDy6IT15hU8v1HmalFtar60bCB0PVbDdH5LXWl5lnervthlRqS4yDYCx9oWGbEXaS4027sZ--HGaQd58vgtOFMtOK1fizP4-W-0NnwEOEC-25IfLTeMuxZZ9Vf/w345-h400/Bogeng-Deutsche%20Einbandkunst,%20%5B1911%5D%20Collin%20Bild.png" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W. Collin binding on <i>Adolf von Menzel</i>.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>My work around Ernst Collin and W. Collin was also an integral part of my talk, <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/09/down-my-rabbit-holes-for-william.html"><i>Down the Rabbit Hole: Embracing experience and serendipity in a life of research, binding practice</i>, and publishing</a>, given to the William Anthony Conservation Lecture series at the University of Iowa on September 30th, 2021. The Collins were one of the three rabbit holes I discussed, one I am still glad to be lost in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAv68NVZXf3tzJUmSC-CeyQJ4K0WFdH1qRBWocy3EB7GUScihtCGkRPjA9CcNKCEICkD7Fzl9kfHRyXki5v-Gbi2FbXuW5C3mrucxo-MWEnX-Hxp7FAw9Z10nV0Z17B2kOD1Z5UaPTzFlps2IZyTjAcGMdo1flNfftvRgw6RgIsL8o3P-dxK6BeIRT/s920/Down%20the%20Rabbit%20Hole,%20Sept%2030,%202021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="920" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAv68NVZXf3tzJUmSC-CeyQJ4K0WFdH1qRBWocy3EB7GUScihtCGkRPjA9CcNKCEICkD7Fzl9kfHRyXki5v-Gbi2FbXuW5C3mrucxo-MWEnX-Hxp7FAw9Z10nV0Z17B2kOD1Z5UaPTzFlps2IZyTjAcGMdo1flNfftvRgw6RgIsL8o3P-dxK6BeIRT/w400-h296/Down%20the%20Rabbit%20Hole,%20Sept%2030,%202021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Finally, while not technically citing <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2016/06/die-collinsthe-collins-online.html"><i>Die Collins</i> / <i>The Collins</i></a> or this blog, I was glad to see both included with paraphrasing, images, and the references of the <i><a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/3755796759">Tagebuch der Buchbinderei und Druckweiterverarbeitung</a></i> (Band 4, 19. Jahrhundert) that was compiled by Hans Joachim Laue. The self-published volume presents events in the history of bookbinding and the book trades with an entry per day. I look forward to Band 5, the 20th century. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8QpikrZ0tlJTEswNbVXk_wUTyVFI4PPPnZkPplfqH7-QHEtmsy4ebQFfJfebAx-tHu57QYqGJq7swR98OWkMIkXTMvAyV2MSE7FkeL17bOpKQwWpTDn4SDjDAo6uMs4cIBkheQOA5Gdvo-J-ConIkpkj4FJtS4f1oDpD2tcFySveqjTmJqdeBE1Y/s749/2022-05-31%2008_19_11-Tagebuch%20der%20Buchbinderei%20und%20Druckweiterverarbeitung_%20Band%204%2019.%20Jahrhundert%20_%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8QpikrZ0tlJTEswNbVXk_wUTyVFI4PPPnZkPplfqH7-QHEtmsy4ebQFfJfebAx-tHu57QYqGJq7swR98OWkMIkXTMvAyV2MSE7FkeL17bOpKQwWpTDn4SDjDAo6uMs4cIBkheQOA5Gdvo-J-ConIkpkj4FJtS4f1oDpD2tcFySveqjTmJqdeBE1Y/w305-h400/2022-05-31%2008_19_11-Tagebuch%20der%20Buchbinderei%20und%20Druckweiterverarbeitung_%20Band%204%2019.%20Jahrhundert%20_%20.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><p>My to-do list includes entering many of these references into my database of Ernst Collin's writings...</p></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-33941206237993667992022-04-18T16:38:00.008-04:002022-12-06T08:42:33.967-05:00Promotional Leaflet by Ernst Collin for Dornemann & Co.<p>Back in September 2021 I acquired a binding containing two small publications by Paul Kersten and 5 advertising leaflets for type holders and brass type made by Dornemann & Co. in Magdeburg. Two were written by Paul Kersten, two unattributed, and one is by Ernst Collin. Collin was no stranger to commercial work, also having written articles for Wilhelm Leo that were included in a calendar that they published annually.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGdKO7lNmqBnE6CkBSSHkcGjhBBQd2K25w7OoDYW2fMCvMOTrR97Vn7Kxe3wCVjvLmYL6v7-k97Zsnwdt21JmPXuQJMRmXZWrPu22b-gcmLjUhWfLO_4Gt_-Z5SScOcwOOthVTpAjoEVq2CIeVCKdjEULKGpQNATdQBLfTDMHWTslnaTI2rscI419/s900/Kersten,%20Paul%20-%20Geometrisches%20Zeichnen%20u%20Handvergoldung%20(1sm).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="900" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGdKO7lNmqBnE6CkBSSHkcGjhBBQd2K25w7OoDYW2fMCvMOTrR97Vn7Kxe3wCVjvLmYL6v7-k97Zsnwdt21JmPXuQJMRmXZWrPu22b-gcmLjUhWfLO_4Gt_-Z5SScOcwOOthVTpAjoEVq2CIeVCKdjEULKGpQNATdQBLfTDMHWTslnaTI2rscI419/w400-h268/Kersten,%20Paul%20-%20Geometrisches%20Zeichnen%20u%20Handvergoldung%20(1sm).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">P. Kersten. </span><i style="text-align: left;">Geometrisches Zeichnen u </i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Handvergoldung.</i><br />The title is hand letter on the cloth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Works included in the binding are:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Kersten, Paul. <i>Geometrisches Zeichnen für Buchbinder</i>. Verlag des Allgemeinen Anzeigers für Buchbindereien, Stuttgart, 1928. (<i>Geometric Diagramming for Bookbinders</i>)</li><ul><li>This text came out in a <a href="https://orka.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/viewer/!toc/1525341019653/12/-/">new edition in 1935</a> with one section rewritten to reflect the new power structure - how to properly represent the swastika. Perhaps a post for another day.</li></ul><li>Kersten, Paul. <i>Lehrbuch der Handvergoldung: Eine Anleitung zum Selbsterlernen</i>. Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, Halle a. Saale, 1930. (<i>Manual for Finishing: Instructions for learning on ones own</i>)</li></ul><p></p><p>Werbeschriften (Advertising leaflets):</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Kersten, Paul. <i>Etwas über Schriftkästen.</i> Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg, [s.d.] (<i>About Typeholders</i>)</li><li>Kersten, Paul. <i>Messing- oder Blei-Schriften</i>. Werbeschrift Nr. 4. Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg, [s.d.] (<i>Brass or Lead Type</i>)</li><li>[s.n.]. <i>Schriftkästen. </i>Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg, 1928. </li><li>[s.n.]. <i>Messingschrift-Giesserei Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg</i>. Werbeschrift Nr. 8, Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg, [s.d.]. (<i>Brass Type Foundery Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg</i> - about the foundery) Written in German, French, English, Spanish. (<i>Boîtes, Typeholders, Cajetínes Composteurs, Lettering Pallets</i>)</li><li>Collin, Ernst. <i>Messingschriften für den Handvergolder</i>. Werbeschrift Nr. 3, Dornemann & Co., Magdeburg, [s.d.]. (<i>Brass Type for Gold Finishers</i>)</li></ul><p></p><p>While the German National Library has others of the series of Werbeschriften in its catalog, these do not appear...</p><p>Here the English page of <i>Messingschrift-Giesserei Dornemann & Co.</i> These sentiments are also reflected in Collin's leaflet.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrutCUVCEwbPOI8vkFHHJ3EFx5Gd3K0Zlo6AuiFpUng_4d-eNiq5iFGNklP8-C5VbTNfGaDYfjLNuk74xwYn7928q7fINZ7i671LYzvKmGeIh7cwXbMap9haZLnk6f_GCfjpv1PGTLvBiVFhMYDPkrxadDy18qoD18DFhPayxCi7M3F541yLV4AWDC/s900/Messingschrift-Giesserei,%20Dorneman%20u%20Co,%20Magdeburg,%20Heft%205,%20nd%20sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="582" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrutCUVCEwbPOI8vkFHHJ3EFx5Gd3K0Zlo6AuiFpUng_4d-eNiq5iFGNklP8-C5VbTNfGaDYfjLNuk74xwYn7928q7fINZ7i671LYzvKmGeIh7cwXbMap9haZLnk6f_GCfjpv1PGTLvBiVFhMYDPkrxadDy18qoD18DFhPayxCi7M3F541yLV4AWDC/w259-h400/Messingschrift-Giesserei,%20Dorneman%20u%20Co,%20Magdeburg,%20Heft%205,%20nd%20sm.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Brass Type for Hand=Finishing!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>We are the only firm in Germany able to cast Brass Type for hand=tooling from instruments and matrices. This is the only process giving _bsolute guarantee for producing the highest grade type. Our Founts are famous for their clear face and deep cut even in the smallest sizes, the alignment of the letters is perfectly true and the height absolutely correct. The composition of metal used by us proves to have greatest resistance power and with care our type is practically indestructible, whilst owing to mass production our prices can be considered reasonable taking info consideration the high finish.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Our brass type is known all over the globe where book finishers pride themselves in turning out good bindings and letterings, and both at home and abroad the superior quality of our productions are universally acknowledged. One of fhe best known craftsmen in Paris considers </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"The name of Dornemann is synonymous with perfection!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>We are constantly endeavouring to keep our output up to the highest standard of efficiency as regards artistic and modern perfection, and our type will be found most durable. All goldfinishers requiring type, ornaments, and gilding tools for handlettering should apply fo us for samples and catalogues.</i></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>[Edit: To learn how these Dornemann type faces were cast, read "<a href="https://www.typeoff.de/2022/12/sandcasting-brass-types-for-bookbinders/">Sandcasting brass types for bookbinders</a>" on Dan Reynold's <i>Type Off </i> blog.<div><br /></div><div>Below the German text of Collin's pamphlet.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TH8VSgZPTktbmnHfbyJkJJLq8mpeag3HzS2FBYVK7XzatA8bME6ZGKwsSCKHy8YmB6XWGQ56oh5Nlda8KqFl_7EU0yAqQMKshNttdFSZoVIvseuE49pu4opmQtKafxIhCo6wT53csmnQrPRRHzi3ZGUMEH0KlhKUmxuUKgm1Ju-GWSo-6QgkTxNU/s900/Collin,%20Ernst%20-%20Messingschriften%20f%C3%BCr%20Handvergolder,%20Dorneman%20u%20Co,%20Magdeburg,%20Heft%203,%20nd%201sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="586" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXA5A1glj-z6AiW2_lVlgKyz91rG1o3KsjM0fVtJGs0a2L1rercNPW9YgeaYKYh1GjA_gbzDCnXrSwjOgL0YOaZ8uuHnuSAP6KNa_dSxPTL3vPRc2pYewdFd7s0ajk6wQM_huT2AV6YsAycQEKn3h-e5IQ2JjRPg164U8bSo799qdp9FuBxhmDsgku/s320/Collin,%20Ernst%20-%20Messingschriften%20f%C3%BCr%20Handvergolder,%20Dorneman%20u%20Co,%20Magdeburg,%20Heft%203,%20nd%204sm.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><p>When I returned from my apprenticeship in Germany, I ordered a basic set of pallets and gouges for finishing from via the West German distributor for Dornemann, still in Magdeburg and in the DDR.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIqFjosAbDLvjnud2TYrtJrGnmAa6fBBzzrh1LECUhQS5MdYGxXJsrkSgGThToQLKsq04u4lXr4Ej_LBEvyACws6GoMc63JyQtWNbijEw_mAmNI7PxyHC5RoMev9Jv8o_u_y48V8NajFd9eMpvatIrndNSObDcmUGgu9MMVMLh54IAQVHby-cj0TE/s971/Dornemann%20Pallets%20and%20Gouges.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="777" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIqFjosAbDLvjnud2TYrtJrGnmAa6fBBzzrh1LECUhQS5MdYGxXJsrkSgGThToQLKsq04u4lXr4Ej_LBEvyACws6GoMc63JyQtWNbijEw_mAmNI7PxyHC5RoMev9Jv8o_u_y48V8NajFd9eMpvatIrndNSObDcmUGgu9MMVMLh54IAQVHby-cj0TE/w320-h400/Dornemann%20Pallets%20and%20Gouges.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Dornemann also produced a set of pallets and gouges designed by Ignatz Wiemeler, one of the finest design binders, ever.</p><p>In 1987, pre-reunification the pallets were 229 and the gouges 285 Deutsch Marks. In 1991 I ordered the other set of gouges and the price had increased to 557 Deutsch Marks. For this Wessi, it would have been smarter to buy all in 1987, but who would have known the wall would come down 2 years later. All in all, good that it came down.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8CCbFckZCyC-KFE2U9Bw_KJV7dxhZbgVbbVtQG9sLTf6fyS0wRLW85FHG272AUB3SfhV9Hkh78KMLyiLvE-mvR03YU8exNKF3HpVxrIVbCZvXEO_-wYqGz7wxFEjIYbHJiBN_ECJS1-03VlwOo_LkuO5_d6zWcPgjyN626Cww-RRsV8jwOBLGof2/s1000/Berlin-5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8CCbFckZCyC-KFE2U9Bw_KJV7dxhZbgVbbVtQG9sLTf6fyS0wRLW85FHG272AUB3SfhV9Hkh78KMLyiLvE-mvR03YU8exNKF3HpVxrIVbCZvXEO_-wYqGz7wxFEjIYbHJiBN_ECJS1-03VlwOo_LkuO5_d6zWcPgjyN626Cww-RRsV8jwOBLGof2/w400-h265/Berlin-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking east and at the building for the State Publisher of the DDR.<br />This picture and the next were taken by me in November 1984.<br /><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sf918RHqRna7SZFC2">More from that visit and the one in December 1989 here.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1qPvIn6kCnT-3Rk0lyqcBPkhBZHpmyzSRrc97L66LUiYyUGj73JV4p9RUidf24p6UjOeKll1LIIKLU4md3_Q21hiJdNQceCBURDQ4yb6KdeTxWqdGKuYW9YGAbXFMhrbYeveVaO4ukDrw9SPvwmqD7R_GOfJE2_gUds9rVvq5JYbdVMrF3yw4MKC/s1000/Berlin-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1qPvIn6kCnT-3Rk0lyqcBPkhBZHpmyzSRrc97L66LUiYyUGj73JV4p9RUidf24p6UjOeKll1LIIKLU4md3_Q21hiJdNQceCBURDQ4yb6KdeTxWqdGKuYW9YGAbXFMhrbYeveVaO4ukDrw9SPvwmqD7R_GOfJE2_gUds9rVvq5JYbdVMrF3yw4MKC/w414-h640/Berlin-4.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking over the wall. The image was taken with a telephoto.<br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/9k3ZodEzhpGfTLQe8">Between the Wall (Ebertstrasse) and the Staatsverlag (Wilhelmstrasse)</a><br />was once Hitlers bunker... Now the "death strip" has been filled in with buildings,<br />but just to the left of this picture is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe">Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />History is everywhere, and Ernst Collin and his family were certainly a part of it on many levels.<br /><p><br /></p></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-64352365142129808122022-03-26T12:28:00.004-04:002022-03-26T13:49:44.181-04:00The Binding of a Book, Film and Manual, 1936.<p>First post on bookbinding history, manuals, all the things that were usually featured on this blog since the end of 2021.</p><p>Training in the trades in Germany was very regulated and standardized with training in the apprentices bindery, comprehensive manuals, trade school and other workshops all coordinated with each other. Exams and the pieces and skills to be demonstrated were the same across the country each year as well. The intent was that binderies and the Meister knew what they could [theoretically] expect from each new journeyman with the latter expected to arrive with their tools and ready to work from day one...</p><p><i><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/einbinden-eines-buches/oclc/72672148">Das Einbinden eines Buches</a></i> (<i>The Binding of a Book</i>) is a very basic manual that described the construction of a Deckenband (case binding in the German (Bradelesque) tradition). As is common, lots of text with a few illustrations. What makes this text unique in my experience with the German literature is that it was published to accompany a silent film in two parts in which the steps are demonstrated. The book and film were produced by Georg Netzband (instructor for diagraming) and the Reichstelle fur den Unterrichtsfilm (National office for instructional films) in 1936.</p><p>The film was released in two parts:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Part 1: The endpapers; sewing; sewing supports.</li><li>Part 2: Rounding; the book cover (case). </li></ul>Part 2 begins with a history of bookbinding, but in a sign of the times concludes this history with a mention of the binding of Hitler's <i>Mein Kampf</i> that written on parchment, embellished with ornaments of German plants, total weight of this presentation binding, 70 pounds... It was presented to Hitler at the annual day of the trades (Handwerkertag) in 1936. The binding was depicted and described in the <i>Archiv für Buchbinderei</i>, 1936 (pp 46-48).<br />
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<div>Interesting to me the construction of the hooked endpaper. The diagram is below. Not illustrated in the video (<a href="https://youtu.be/eRqTTUCyDTU?t=132">starting at 2:12</a>) is the attaching of the reinforcing cloth ("Shirting", a starched muslin-like fabric), the endpaper being just paper. The cloth would strengthen the joint and connection though... The "fliegender Falz" a "guard" is used to attach the case to the textblock before putting down the pastedowns.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGnJzD2v12Bo27anE_0mqBcpsb83Z-gOmrFUbdzQ13jQe5eKLIUpRzivzwO5R75RCd4pc5Su_TGPQ96Tx2V7jYb1OIFPzmVIfQyHChMCZBrHVORxZWVpCKCz0ZEO4jaaA_zSTP6xRHPTycYPEZgC00Uvzl3_1PtNrYZEfSlFqD4fJe_x3omLiFLyI/s647/Netzband%20-%20Das%20Vorsatz.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGnJzD2v12Bo27anE_0mqBcpsb83Z-gOmrFUbdzQ13jQe5eKLIUpRzivzwO5R75RCd4pc5Su_TGPQ96Tx2V7jYb1OIFPzmVIfQyHChMCZBrHVORxZWVpCKCz0ZEO4jaaA_zSTP6xRHPTycYPEZgC00Uvzl3_1PtNrYZEfSlFqD4fJe_x3omLiFLyI/w340-h400/Netzband%20-%20Das%20Vorsatz.jpg" width="340" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The endpaper construction.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>After folding, and the sawing in for the recessed cords, these endpapers get hooked around the first and last sections for sewing.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzxjz0NYukJZ4OIZ2YzKXPzKDo_PO70eqt5bP5BIUUQrrtVcir-Q6DahU7ttJCjdLvJOwcjtRmwGSIkTaAVsh01zuVEVHPL39WhycIlYLRUDLG_gUWkPiMGPRR4To78MjgMNKhUbZw8e4WJU6WssV6BljWlRLkrKbKvdDzxQRcgrX4hGTgIE1CgSG/s638/Netzband%20-%20Hooking%20around%20ends.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="629" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzxjz0NYukJZ4OIZ2YzKXPzKDo_PO70eqt5bP5BIUUQrrtVcir-Q6DahU7ttJCjdLvJOwcjtRmwGSIkTaAVsh01zuVEVHPL39WhycIlYLRUDLG_gUWkPiMGPRR4To78MjgMNKhUbZw8e4WJU6WssV6BljWlRLkrKbKvdDzxQRcgrX4hGTgIE1CgSG/w394-h400/Netzband%20-%20Hooking%20around%20ends.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hooking the endpapers around the 1st and last sections.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>After sewing and forwarding (the cords get untwisted and fanned out onto the guard - <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2021/07/tool-talk-1-fray-shield-aufschabeblech.html">see also this post</a>), the case gets constructed, and spine covered. In this case (pun intended) it will be a quarter binding with corners. The <a href="https://youtu.be/eRqTTUCyDTU?t=1152">case then gets attached to the textblock</a> (at 19:37) by way of the "fliegender Falz". This ensures that everything fits before attaching corners covering sides, and putting down the pastedowns.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_zQAus4gl6xqnwEoPexytxGqv891GtjYwXCPUPXCuPup3NlEzzaAyaBGzKHNhQyYqn88VeI2eTiVl9kYIDf1qWIbes8qJ5qNNGKzbSXnctzNbCVlHomyYPhcZGdHX6G37P67LZt7Qe_xf--0t6lSQxlHvcdjTta-N8O4a5DmCA19rFVy3Ce7IamV/s908/Netzband%20-%20Attaching%20case%20to%20textblock.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="908" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_zQAus4gl6xqnwEoPexytxGqv891GtjYwXCPUPXCuPup3NlEzzaAyaBGzKHNhQyYqn88VeI2eTiVl9kYIDf1qWIbes8qJ5qNNGKzbSXnctzNbCVlHomyYPhcZGdHX6G37P67LZt7Qe_xf--0t6lSQxlHvcdjTta-N8O4a5DmCA19rFVy3Ce7IamV/w400-h274/Netzband%20-%20Attaching%20case%20to%20textblock.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gluing out the guard to adhere the case. Note the frayed out cords.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>In many respects, the steps and techniques demonstrated and described go back to the 18th/19th century roots of this structure as it would have been applied by the trade. The completed book can be as utilitarian or fancied up as desired.</div><div><br /></div><div>I presented a hands-on workshop for the University of Iowa Libraries and Center for the Book at the end of September on this topic and will be transforming my workshop handout with comprehensive review of the literature into an article for the Guild of Book Workers <i>Journal</i> over the course of this year. Everything is mostly there, but loose ends to connect...</div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-84672946330619207582022-01-29T15:22:00.004-05:002022-01-29T15:22:56.200-05:00Fritz Otto Photographing Buchbinderei<p>Despite how easy it is to take pictures these days, Fritz Otto prefers black and white film. It's the tones and graininess he likes. Here we took some interior images of <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2022/01/bindery-interior-almost-done.html">Buchbinderei</a> before putting it back on the layout. The black and white images he took using a self-timer, though it was very hard to hold still for those 1-2 seconds.</p><p>All images shot on Ilford HP5 400 speed black and white film using a tripod and cable release for these 1-2 second average exposures. And no, I did not <a href="https://youtu.be/BeXHWIJJ0a8">forget the Farbfilm</a>. Lighting was provided by the cool white fluorescent in the task light visible in the first image below.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEoGJlSzyjwTqvkbKGcx_K7unZXXxOgEweTOhohBK-q2L3__60SmJrUjRkjQB5C5JOnCty6eIQ_R14FoDr0KaDXEEvDJsICZel3tixsRj-raC5jBztsKeLUmVBK-m0V6Ys0IxpCKM8kWYCHWJoP4Y9wLP003eRLMqgrZlhviOch1XXOaJZ1bsM1Otg=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEoGJlSzyjwTqvkbKGcx_K7unZXXxOgEweTOhohBK-q2L3__60SmJrUjRkjQB5C5JOnCty6eIQ_R14FoDr0KaDXEEvDJsICZel3tixsRj-raC5jBztsKeLUmVBK-m0V6Ys0IxpCKM8kWYCHWJoP4Y9wLP003eRLMqgrZlhviOch1XXOaJZ1bsM1Otg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a photo of the little scene.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiOk3rtl1rcTcKjdvGA-5AuEsRHZPZ8yTUqUtWsCV_U4U06UaStwhPsSeiJ1Dx6C1ElErCRrHe4A9HLr-TvC4qvojVLdXyxOWpwy8LmOA_QNujCRPq_Vi3AWVXREW0I8fT0Ckp981oAa8Z9KtA-jZBum1ao_dm4CXcMl5ScoEH9Fho0qM-sJRf3GLe=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiOk3rtl1rcTcKjdvGA-5AuEsRHZPZ8yTUqUtWsCV_U4U06UaStwhPsSeiJ1Dx6C1ElErCRrHe4A9HLr-TvC4qvojVLdXyxOWpwy8LmOA_QNujCRPq_Vi3AWVXREW0I8fT0Ckp981oAa8Z9KtA-jZBum1ao_dm4CXcMl5ScoEH9Fho0qM-sJRf3GLe=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here an up-close view.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmB4Vrc196hLLOICXHLcXCK23BILJ20ZCaTnmn9KzCk_4e-zKYBqYYmTbfs0Uci7_TgmbB6HyS4prwNPrGJX640DdSYiyeQVnuBfn_o9-vzD3Czje89mSUqPBUMK7AcP_8L-yTT9REU6iosvBFv6mb0-dPctzamcFZf5Wxtr0u3BSRCUT019z2Rh2r=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="900" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmB4Vrc196hLLOICXHLcXCK23BILJ20ZCaTnmn9KzCk_4e-zKYBqYYmTbfs0Uci7_TgmbB6HyS4prwNPrGJX640DdSYiyeQVnuBfn_o9-vzD3Czje89mSUqPBUMK7AcP_8L-yTT9REU6iosvBFv6mb0-dPctzamcFZf5Wxtr0u3BSRCUT019z2Rh2r=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding v-e-r-y still.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCXiC46vDM57K2F642TOawZ9_rRxkH68GvWbrHUe9iEwHJA7DXdHy0uFD0wCaCfxTEpiFwNFHtRqPbvFp4bdA8sUuYkwlDDpxEN9hsd7mDIFZJ3WEmOyLvgtwQUt6sONKhRGlqFWBYbDapcgmWEutV-c08uxD3PoaTWy4P40gVZTFBSqarGXgHKaWV=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="900" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCXiC46vDM57K2F642TOawZ9_rRxkH68GvWbrHUe9iEwHJA7DXdHy0uFD0wCaCfxTEpiFwNFHtRqPbvFp4bdA8sUuYkwlDDpxEN9hsd7mDIFZJ3WEmOyLvgtwQUt6sONKhRGlqFWBYbDapcgmWEutV-c08uxD3PoaTWy4P40gVZTFBSqarGXgHKaWV=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiks9sM7Xx7ZQQ4aQIzLFOowhUXEvZq3J0qwFas3pRBMEfMQddvuWhOO3J5jIbXNL5ezWD0Pxf0kWavpjyCxCEWvDGmLHSAyqR3E7GDflAAdU1Plt-Zuaxk_UFOR2p6n8HK-EaIjGF5fCtcrq3RM5F-Qdml_hXjESHw3kbC0nfeL5Rt9FRelaCgRaSP=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="900" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiks9sM7Xx7ZQQ4aQIzLFOowhUXEvZq3J0qwFas3pRBMEfMQddvuWhOO3J5jIbXNL5ezWD0Pxf0kWavpjyCxCEWvDGmLHSAyqR3E7GDflAAdU1Plt-Zuaxk_UFOR2p6n8HK-EaIjGF5fCtcrq3RM5F-Qdml_hXjESHw3kbC0nfeL5Rt9FRelaCgRaSP=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An overhead with the roof off.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKg6YsUbBf5rzC7k2bwjMv9GTz1SOzuF3VQ13lpicbqIlk7aQCl7nEhNdhvO7cSMsRiiIDRF8Y9yJJz5SLe6ydw5Aq8s3IwpxnIyPFCXnHBq99bAqgm9LvTj5Bv3vq8H3Fs_hGkU8hedTpe7FHC1c4UvBKYCm0pX8CpTS9Gkl9la3DDuNCi_4FpMqZ=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="900" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKg6YsUbBf5rzC7k2bwjMv9GTz1SOzuF3VQ13lpicbqIlk7aQCl7nEhNdhvO7cSMsRiiIDRF8Y9yJJz5SLe6ydw5Aq8s3IwpxnIyPFCXnHBq99bAqgm9LvTj5Bv3vq8H3Fs_hGkU8hedTpe7FHC1c4UvBKYCm0pX8CpTS9Gkl9la3DDuNCi_4FpMqZ=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Putting the roof back on.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbnTjFiVcgfy5LriUS2HonfF7EF3Dw1YfydbZ2yv2DS8A9G1OZ9iUc5r1tMrk1n1RzgjsHOPPFfrsMQgaCmb8LON-pbxIm6-Cp8JqMzW-Sw14YtYMKjYFECVb4OYYH_J8hiaRzia7zhYMbqVSwVzJSz-qSXRvnMG6TO9XAA7zukrQGU248-9401GS=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="900" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbnTjFiVcgfy5LriUS2HonfF7EF3Dw1YfydbZ2yv2DS8A9G1OZ9iUc5r1tMrk1n1RzgjsHOPPFfrsMQgaCmb8LON-pbxIm6-Cp8JqMzW-Sw14YtYMKjYFECVb4OYYH_J8hiaRzia7zhYMbqVSwVzJSz-qSXRvnMG6TO9XAA7zukrQGU248-9401GS=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And, back to the layout it went...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-71127949883503577022022-01-14T10:20:00.025-05:002022-02-02T13:14:42.934-05:00Bindery Done<p>There was once a <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2014/06/buchbinderei-in-kontext.html">bindery in Berlin that was situated under railroad tracks</a>... Incorporating that into my train layout seemed like a wonderful way to combine interests...</p><p>This is the concluding post of <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/bindery">my "bindery" thread</a>, wrapping up my big push in the last week or so to outfit the interior of the bindery. Shelves and cabinet fronts downloaded from <a href="https://scalescenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TX00a-225x180.jpg">Scalescenes</a>, a few shelves ordered (3-d printed and laser cut) that still require work, but the heavy lifting of workbench, counter tops, board shear, <a href="https://www.talasonline.com/Pragnant-Stamping-Machine">Prägnant stamping press</a>, and standing press were all scratch built to 1:87 or thereabouts. As a frame of reference most figures are just under 2cm tall, and "standard" bench height is about 1cm high.</p><p>Not sure why I do this to myself as it would have been so much easier to just glue in some photos from a bindery, set back behind the [grimy] window to make it look realish. What I do know is that it wouldn't have been half as much fun. Bonus, Fritz Otto and his smaller hands helped out a lot.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDKb2su9Q54MmgwwNywzRSzU9YORdnhCgBr4FvCvbrbH6pu2Ai4m5JKuTqtF6gylXcrIyQHb-AN0f7LUjmhzYfLvEeJVDzWdkUMtg5J29mMpknIlI1R8i3WrPsbKk57-6V9eJEH8xDEpCHU-AsHz_E-YbmIhS_Il0zJkrUhsdgVecix1ceH3eYya1k0g=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDKb2su9Q54MmgwwNywzRSzU9YORdnhCgBr4FvCvbrbH6pu2Ai4m5JKuTqtF6gylXcrIyQHb-AN0f7LUjmhzYfLvEeJVDzWdkUMtg5J29mMpknIlI1R8i3WrPsbKk57-6V9eJEH8xDEpCHU-AsHz_E-YbmIhS_Il0zJkrUhsdgVecix1ceH3eYya1k0g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counters and shelves assembled. That dropped section is<br />that way for a reason. 😉</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbGiZuG15I6-veTJxj4wouLAY0DNIKkcqXVZxz2UcqxQOPKOiwqJlGcYjA5sYuDmgiG9jVs9dl21NQWCx8LyEjYmlMFWpaUg7-st8muxPL6pkmP_ZHYLhZtV0ja4lykZkKmHCwQQTHexo9amn7staZmB6HEtXgwc294kscVePTJVyle88guXWw3LtPTg=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbGiZuG15I6-veTJxj4wouLAY0DNIKkcqXVZxz2UcqxQOPKOiwqJlGcYjA5sYuDmgiG9jVs9dl21NQWCx8LyEjYmlMFWpaUg7-st8muxPL6pkmP_ZHYLhZtV0ja4lykZkKmHCwQQTHexo9amn7staZmB6HEtXgwc294kscVePTJVyle88guXWw3LtPTg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bench assembled. It has storage shelves<br />underneath for board and paper.<br />The black things are parts for the board shear.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyJF78COu1DAJYTcoyOxxrIKUV5rXUxwugNurvZFbrotOMFNFtRPkadvlG51oMS_jHaQYxsfIlE7UEG2f5sFa-JdRdPv04fDv3m46HkFcuHQL9Do-awyfbmOxRFH3Zd9fpFoVU8scy8504vOFYagXXYFmssbaJ0BYiZHiHeHYmoZR9mOf8vycSAq0zow=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyJF78COu1DAJYTcoyOxxrIKUV5rXUxwugNurvZFbrotOMFNFtRPkadvlG51oMS_jHaQYxsfIlE7UEG2f5sFa-JdRdPv04fDv3m46HkFcuHQL9Do-awyfbmOxRFH3Zd9fpFoVU8scy8504vOFYagXXYFmssbaJ0BYiZHiHeHYmoZR9mOf8vycSAq0zow=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, that's not a Star Wars TIE fighter... Just board shear parts.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5uXNZP21QZDWaynHZ2X-0Mr1s9hVx8W4d-pFYGXWDriZV9vHGtKPPsOqa89iM0uQbe3NOujjILKZ52Qtw9u2Tn1WlrAGI3NjT1_XIV2iCvXX2zIVny_xBtkBQ96YutTnl2s87zOUlWG-2t5VskDOihmIO6VTUGZprNjpcu6CFdel-Hn1wNbgbWxSxfQ=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5uXNZP21QZDWaynHZ2X-0Mr1s9hVx8W4d-pFYGXWDriZV9vHGtKPPsOqa89iM0uQbe3NOujjILKZ52Qtw9u2Tn1WlrAGI3NjT1_XIV2iCvXX2zIVny_xBtkBQ96YutTnl2s87zOUlWG-2t5VskDOihmIO6VTUGZprNjpcu6CFdel-Hn1wNbgbWxSxfQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The assembled board shear, really just a massively over-sized<br />paper/sheet metal cutter. Note the blade...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9yAqFYtZzyTvaOhHYTrVvD92QuB1N_mTrHt1Hx_YwFLbmyuGA_WNvdI4kEGbZ7avn7txlO76sL-7EIdfKnEBBMp-69JNPt4z3hGQwnafVKdT609YjCQCUKBXE29pDhSOuCN3VtunQFZ5bWrSHbewnMcT-5PhUelYQI0n6pbcBVsg9gRhBCWnq_59auA=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9yAqFYtZzyTvaOhHYTrVvD92QuB1N_mTrHt1Hx_YwFLbmyuGA_WNvdI4kEGbZ7avn7txlO76sL-7EIdfKnEBBMp-69JNPt4z3hGQwnafVKdT609YjCQCUKBXE29pDhSOuCN3VtunQFZ5bWrSHbewnMcT-5PhUelYQI0n6pbcBVsg9gRhBCWnq_59auA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bindery staff debating the position of the blade when not in use...<br />Down like above, ...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji67dJ76IqR-UYhAK9wPTV0oTIGGn_jmYLlzt44m1v2YZgcLnpl98OjcYDh1IKutfkxSCvouOZUPq-XOgctWtA4bAzhEY8hdpihqyerD9IaMsh8e6FDF7QMMOaYa8vlLsQGhbb7nm9fwDo8In0EVSOs7af0ShSn7ro7GbcBYFEYgI1ktvb-rs2c-p0WA=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEji67dJ76IqR-UYhAK9wPTV0oTIGGn_jmYLlzt44m1v2YZgcLnpl98OjcYDh1IKutfkxSCvouOZUPq-XOgctWtA4bAzhEY8hdpihqyerD9IaMsh8e6FDF7QMMOaYa8vlLsQGhbb7nm9fwDo8In0EVSOs7af0ShSn7ro7GbcBYFEYgI1ktvb-rs2c-p0WA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..., or up like here. Most colleagues seem to say down.<br />I have mine up, so it's ready to use...<br />Yes, the blade moves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ijxmyqo51uOfhrIDtncYmfpEzi1R35UgT-sQtAzadc4WcRb-1H9dug5z2U8P-UUauOor5fUqP9721_br5LEYTEOr7OldzwH25wy6wzSIgdy-s9DhzCEboabLJLXATHHRI7YaYil3vNCyfpuSgcXc9EesUf-pseIOWYAM4GyChXYky38Gx-AFQSHR9Q=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="900" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ijxmyqo51uOfhrIDtncYmfpEzi1R35UgT-sQtAzadc4WcRb-1H9dug5z2U8P-UUauOor5fUqP9721_br5LEYTEOr7OldzwH25wy6wzSIgdy-s9DhzCEboabLJLXATHHRI7YaYil3vNCyfpuSgcXc9EesUf-pseIOWYAM4GyChXYky38Gx-AFQSHR9Q=w400-h388" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next piece of equipment, the <a href="https://www.talasonline.com/Pragnant-Stamping-Machine">Prägnant</a> stamping press.<br />I loved using this as an apprentice because it was very easy to<br />adjust and you could see exactly where the type was going...<br />More here on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYo2zvFr6PH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Instagram</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWbFYDTV216h2oaIOpCmKcrtxcy-tdqAzrRdl8Qc-k9h3ygYDP_X6iVfEvaLYsQLYwh_ZxFQ4200N9Dag11oWPh2wtiZYtFE2NiT6aVrlofXC8crLPoBhYdxfSGmeDvqwhhe2Gx0y2jJPQ6eD6H3vhi2FKAcL-dOi_pbceTGvyBk_C7PcLRe7zc3JE1Q=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWbFYDTV216h2oaIOpCmKcrtxcy-tdqAzrRdl8Qc-k9h3ygYDP_X6iVfEvaLYsQLYwh_ZxFQ4200N9Dag11oWPh2wtiZYtFE2NiT6aVrlofXC8crLPoBhYdxfSGmeDvqwhhe2Gx0y2jJPQ6eD6H3vhi2FKAcL-dOi_pbceTGvyBk_C7PcLRe7zc3JE1Q=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See where the <a href="https://www.talasonline.com/Pragnant-Stamping-Machine">Prägnant</a> stamping press goes.<br />Lower than the counters is the ideal working height.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgLozTISmrMzCrwJTDuI8vwJLer-eAsz5EOA-K42H-cZDpRJaGN3M91tF6FWF-smWJpM_87mgLQIJpgpUEOaD7mwC9Kun3tne8O4l9WLGq9RATMkA4Mc1j7bgt4_XFJOrV4RBLsOygYvea8M3KmCyYEwGFvqajHUWOt4sfAd8nZ0UirkkvSXi_OSu_eg=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="900" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgLozTISmrMzCrwJTDuI8vwJLer-eAsz5EOA-K42H-cZDpRJaGN3M91tF6FWF-smWJpM_87mgLQIJpgpUEOaD7mwC9Kun3tne8O4l9WLGq9RATMkA4Mc1j7bgt4_XFJOrV4RBLsOygYvea8M3KmCyYEwGFvqajHUWOt4sfAd8nZ0UirkkvSXi_OSu_eg=w400-h261" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last big piece of equipment, a standing press. Still want to make<br />some hand-/finishing-presses, but yikes...<br />Note the posters on walls.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAi34wC7Cm_VkhK9r_pkGilZFqK4GUcVx-hIWPdupsiivjs_puw5vLN_ZYQhVHdX1QGPLXhTzNzANsh-a6Ejn6b0A_UpngTz6P4BOn9fy0RmO_VdMXVldmnpS6O5JLGyFfPRwUKh7HgD8cNI0l-0qkgARw-GZ38TCZLX-Eq6L2BGLeMh5iefFu-Kq6EQ=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="900" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAi34wC7Cm_VkhK9r_pkGilZFqK4GUcVx-hIWPdupsiivjs_puw5vLN_ZYQhVHdX1QGPLXhTzNzANsh-a6Ejn6b0A_UpngTz6P4BOn9fy0RmO_VdMXVldmnpS6O5JLGyFfPRwUKh7HgD8cNI0l-0qkgARw-GZ38TCZLX-Eq6L2BGLeMh5iefFu-Kq6EQ=w400-h223" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The posters for the bindery walls pull together a lot of threads from my bookbinding <br />related life, from <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Ernst%20Collin">Ernst Collin</a> and <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/W.%20Collin">W. Collin</a>, to <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Riemkasten">Babette</a>, to <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Werner%20Kiessig">Werner Kiessig</a>,<br />to apprentice journal <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Caricatures">cartoons</a> and <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Werbung">bindery advertising</a>.<br />Several also reference <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/search/label/Women">women binders</a>, and this is a woman run bindery.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4zJ0vy1a3oxEQ2XU5tzVd6GyUEvgGKYMo-kxvjXTmAIQC-zxpf3wvmBDVDQRel2xNFs25UuG66h8QHrejs7ihIEJiprEPlBGrALDFVTsYT7MNZ0UdJnApKrhR3O7muDZ4iVRTrTWsgtF-VxsnFZPjmhuV7Lhj_py5Gr4fWVL0qgEhCq7xq18aJaOJhA=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4zJ0vy1a3oxEQ2XU5tzVd6GyUEvgGKYMo-kxvjXTmAIQC-zxpf3wvmBDVDQRel2xNFs25UuG66h8QHrejs7ihIEJiprEPlBGrALDFVTsYT7MNZ0UdJnApKrhR3O7muDZ4iVRTrTWsgtF-VxsnFZPjmhuV7Lhj_py5Gr4fWVL0qgEhCq7xq18aJaOJhA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bindery has a copper clad roof, too. And, yes, it is removable<br />to get the best view of the details, and light it up, sort of. <br />Still some details to add like awnings over the side door and windows.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfB5xBaTvGHkXeioE8WaTPqhcb2_z-Gk8I2um-ymsXPcIZ6hkFeAZg3pyoh6SlAPHcmR3NwGEjfdpExzrultJ7KJgc7ZqsP9ElRrrZlB5sGe0cAqfFLS4_DljVbb4Lb0wscWM1n6Z7Fc8MOrKmLwTuGoHSbEUVysvLbZmEatM2ee_NGRZTv0elp_bYig=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="900" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfB5xBaTvGHkXeioE8WaTPqhcb2_z-Gk8I2um-ymsXPcIZ6hkFeAZg3pyoh6SlAPHcmR3NwGEjfdpExzrultJ7KJgc7ZqsP9ElRrrZlB5sGe0cAqfFLS4_DljVbb4Lb0wscWM1n6Z7Fc8MOrKmLwTuGoHSbEUVysvLbZmEatM2ee_NGRZTv0elp_bYig=w400-h303" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also going to replace the windows. I liked the griminess,<br />but when sealing it with mat spray it got too cloudy.<br />It's good to have clean windows, and this is Germany after all.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVKx-xr2w_pomygHt4vXbed8ZSbmO9VRRyj3JA4GdfiFis358a7NWc0NhFR4e_n6V1_pd1-bDhp991zYu8uyh8WFA0NZKKGnsHVXq7HHyNsqZEvsBnFLpWkAu4EfXAJ5F8cu1b44dK0eoUwBsJpfAaeovEyTQuEtL4tpIyuo5hYGt7U4cvP5ciYD-yxA=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVKx-xr2w_pomygHt4vXbed8ZSbmO9VRRyj3JA4GdfiFis358a7NWc0NhFR4e_n6V1_pd1-bDhp991zYu8uyh8WFA0NZKKGnsHVXq7HHyNsqZEvsBnFLpWkAu4EfXAJ5F8cu1b44dK0eoUwBsJpfAaeovEyTQuEtL4tpIyuo5hYGt7U4cvP5ciYD-yxA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking in through the new windows.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSgCFwmGylLjLaf06qbybe5z_KGb9qnkVoXkNpTlOjP9-TbysewRb9lMSani4p6gTzT91QhTB6BuR_E98NZiBf7Jg02kkmEBMwGE7ROsKWvL_H2rvWnjZekfNiusPN2FhJ4TwXoCDMFeRhk0G_YO2UqOalXq-Ra_BUBO74HphPUr30HWE5nMoWhM7Xww=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSgCFwmGylLjLaf06qbybe5z_KGb9qnkVoXkNpTlOjP9-TbysewRb9lMSani4p6gTzT91QhTB6BuR_E98NZiBf7Jg02kkmEBMwGE7ROsKWvL_H2rvWnjZekfNiusPN2FhJ4TwXoCDMFeRhk0G_YO2UqOalXq-Ra_BUBO74HphPUr30HWE5nMoWhM7Xww=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more windows you can see through. Also added some window boxes an awning above.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjnEfmnEdeGGez0kTVCqGJx9gecERKJ_dDXvIYMCoZOUWNSqpAkIeL2NORonq8s79Ak6lYmkcbH8J_HCcbAyFWy014hm3Zi7_9RMzE2fMHjhGfR0LMHdUhRshKO6k70qhff3UYhvOYwv0iEc6M_28d-xgKpR3grfk3Q9VXT-f_ofGjPTTkNS8JG36alg=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjnEfmnEdeGGez0kTVCqGJx9gecERKJ_dDXvIYMCoZOUWNSqpAkIeL2NORonq8s79Ak6lYmkcbH8J_HCcbAyFWy014hm3Zi7_9RMzE2fMHjhGfR0LMHdUhRshKO6k70qhff3UYhvOYwv0iEc6M_28d-xgKpR3grfk3Q9VXT-f_ofGjPTTkNS8JG36alg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're closed now, but it looks like someone left their bike outside.<br />Hopefully, it'll still be there in the morning.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Still to do beyond the things already mentioned, making some Potemkinish stacks of work in progress, and hanging a shingle from the facade. Loving how this looks, and glad to have this model on my train layout, especially as it ties together so many personal experiences and research interests.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgydiCMbSGoKq64oLaE-6WFX9TFz8YtKe974t9z4SOMlGB9Kgw0fDZ7isvZ1jRCwXAWHN2Yu0IsV9XY3kmtJd6nhP7pApwp2IXNKJdMB6Cw1UCSY93rs3GeUnyPLlVCnV0Zcl4Fx3E78mgFPbfq97klBuzIu9zoTWME7vWnvRI35BJ-OdisuhHyr6p9gA=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgydiCMbSGoKq64oLaE-6WFX9TFz8YtKe974t9z4SOMlGB9Kgw0fDZ7isvZ1jRCwXAWHN2Yu0IsV9XY3kmtJd6nhP7pApwp2IXNKJdMB6Cw1UCSY93rs3GeUnyPLlVCnV0Zcl4Fx3E78mgFPbfq97klBuzIu9zoTWME7vWnvRI35BJ-OdisuhHyr6p9gA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting the windows washed for the public opening of Buchbinderei.<br />The bike seems to have made it through the night unscathed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSU8wQqTA0ilSq17trM354Jbloxc-X5OOpoYiqNwrI4liS9eiMm0bMkig3wIIK3cV3_ZNjI4QImm7fPT7aF-wQoWQBHCXC62U0zhKPrVEfyb727bAD02XVCX0e1OWYCY76zJq-Q3UYyN1PuFy7goPRf7lOgfVDkA0wxxRw_I1ySQnNtQNCx5eEYY9WZA=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSU8wQqTA0ilSq17trM354Jbloxc-X5OOpoYiqNwrI4liS9eiMm0bMkig3wIIK3cV3_ZNjI4QImm7fPT7aF-wQoWQBHCXC62U0zhKPrVEfyb727bAD02XVCX0e1OWYCY76zJq-Q3UYyN1PuFy7goPRf7lOgfVDkA0wxxRw_I1ySQnNtQNCx5eEYY9WZA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buchbinderei at night. Everyone is working late...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Buchbinderei is also no more, the space having become Tipico, a betting salon. As can be expected, the facade was repainted as well. I will imagine that the original Buchbinderi is just hidden beneath the sign... </div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizobxoZFly6LdX7WSJLFVePiz0wknCecXrODcuhsFNOFUd_6BEE7E79maGjCzm-iQFguwXCQPCbv5EjVQ0qJG0NoefoVQxG4QDXJFPXpYkleAP5SNOfl4vLQ8pHVhHEYYGyRKh_G6GmpPEJeb5fVM0SrTGyg3d7L7OQqXnIz04zuSvVzWTkwXDluPP=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizobxoZFly6LdX7WSJLFVePiz0wknCecXrODcuhsFNOFUd_6BEE7E79maGjCzm-iQFguwXCQPCbv5EjVQ0qJG0NoefoVQxG4QDXJFPXpYkleAP5SNOfl4vLQ8pHVhHEYYGyRKh_G6GmpPEJeb5fVM0SrTGyg3d7L7OQqXnIz04zuSvVzWTkwXDluPP=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tipico, formerly <a href="https://papphausen.blogspot.com/2014/06/buchbinderei-and-berlin-stadtbahn.html">Buchbinderei</a>, in Berlin.<br />Photo by <a href="https://buchrestaurierung-berlin.de/">https://buchrestaurierung-berlin.de/</a>.<br />Danke für die Aufnahme.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-79443190289886427122022-01-01T10:40:00.005-05:002022-01-02T13:07:11.780-05:00Bindery Interior Progress<p>It's always wonderful when different parts of our lives and interests can intersect. In addition to bookbinding and conservation, model railroading has long been an interest and big part of my life, also in terms of basement square footage. 😏</p><p><a href="https://papphausen.blogspot.com/2021/12/adding-bookbindery.html">In an earlier post,</a> I described using photographic images to reinterpret an existing structure on my layout. At this stage almost all the structures on my layout are made from cardboard and paper including laser cut kits, but increasingly built from scratch by me using scraps from the bindery. In addition to the raw materials, there are also the skills of a binder that are widely applied, especially box making. After all, what is structure but an overly complicated box. You can read descriptions of some other similar projects on my <a href="https://www.philobiblon.com/eisenbahn/plattenbau.shtml">main model railroad page</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9B5VF40WO8Q9WPq6WHQVjzO47lYbe5CmgF4BTQDgns-C3oY_RLIzL9JUU10so8NNrWqcU6GAPLbnlcFlVOyUX6-G5tcGF_ufOCW1im2Y3IqlA8wKgpvqTBzLjxTFJ64MIJAZ-nydFbhxG87LY9GcrcTZMESqQn0JTjr7hYt6khmlpYImWeSMK2jro=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9B5VF40WO8Q9WPq6WHQVjzO47lYbe5CmgF4BTQDgns-C3oY_RLIzL9JUU10so8NNrWqcU6GAPLbnlcFlVOyUX6-G5tcGF_ufOCW1im2Y3IqlA8wKgpvqTBzLjxTFJ64MIJAZ-nydFbhxG87LY9GcrcTZMESqQn0JTjr7hYt6khmlpYImWeSMK2jro=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fritz Otto inspecting the facade so far.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOnFV4dLnsUupvKQM8nZPY-MKmiGqe87NYYS5RZxLMUqrI0qHEHR0DHGvEoL9Yabz119kYuf2kRvq-xJWqFsgyCetNE-OX8TDE19L93ynXXVSo7YSC1MRWCoK638PeHndU8ndb81lZpVq-3dmLC0-iNGneaDBJNd0hs4-_UhVE22ZnEzyi9O6pgDas=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOnFV4dLnsUupvKQM8nZPY-MKmiGqe87NYYS5RZxLMUqrI0qHEHR0DHGvEoL9Yabz119kYuf2kRvq-xJWqFsgyCetNE-OX8TDE19L93ynXXVSo7YSC1MRWCoK638PeHndU8ndb81lZpVq-3dmLC0-iNGneaDBJNd0hs4-_UhVE22ZnEzyi9O6pgDas=w400-h300" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still a ways to go, but the elements fit on this weird, triangular<br />building site. Here the new bindery owner Gertrud Jannowitz poses<br />in front while her picture is taken [for the local paper?].</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div>More images of the <a href="https://papphausen.blogspot.com/2021/12/construction-on-bookbindery-begins.html">bindery exterior construction</a> on the Papphausen blog. Papphausen? Papp[e] = card or cardboard. Makes sense, right?</div><div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8kCwiR8LyMskMmgms2f8PbknvkS5_Nk11g1fOU81wMSQULVHVZzWFLDnSWeOeP4CHZi5IE58JXnWWck0SlPptVdDRkjdvmnI7Ml-iDWZoC1XHRXYO2zs5FhYohcavsQ_JNKfukYpIG9Gogv9itQtxSBa3Bt_KtihixUR4CJ2rqT0PpJISmoW4KpdK=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8kCwiR8LyMskMmgms2f8PbknvkS5_Nk11g1fOU81wMSQULVHVZzWFLDnSWeOeP4CHZi5IE58JXnWWck0SlPptVdDRkjdvmnI7Ml-iDWZoC1XHRXYO2zs5FhYohcavsQ_JNKfukYpIG9Gogv9itQtxSBa3Bt_KtihixUR4CJ2rqT0PpJISmoW4KpdK=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Still to be determined is the interior, but the space is framed out, walls up, ... <a href="https://papphausen.blogspot.com/2022/01/ready-for-binderys-interior.html">Pics of that process here</a>. Now comes the hard work of detailing the interior with shelves, benches, storage, a desk, stools, a board shear, presses... We'll see how I make it work, but in 1:87?!?! I'll figure something out.</div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8OmLKakIA05w1eV1JijmwK8OiHN157t3K4ImQ9uiLoP5KqRdLt1NhW_3MEml1Jz9tWVbOQfP44LdEnThF8vxvOf6tvt1bNdtIOI2Fohe8yJwBoScN5yGzHMQuhnLtSMtv4Qan0STgYYfFkVzGnunc6pJPcIdggitMFsUU1YM0E_bMNAoYqhnwnHJc=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8OmLKakIA05w1eV1JijmwK8OiHN157t3K4ImQ9uiLoP5KqRdLt1NhW_3MEml1Jz9tWVbOQfP44LdEnThF8vxvOf6tvt1bNdtIOI2Fohe8yJwBoScN5yGzHMQuhnLtSMtv4Qan0STgYYfFkVzGnunc6pJPcIdggitMFsUU1YM0E_bMNAoYqhnwnHJc=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking in...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Finally, another fun fact is that there are numerous bookbinders and practitioners of allied arts and crafts who are also ferroequinologists. Gary Frost, Bernie Vinzani, and Bob Hanmer come to mind. Know anyone else?</div><div><br /></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323662098477522684.post-12177213651292734762021-12-21T14:17:00.004-05:002021-12-21T14:38:50.286-05:00Pressbengel Deluxe Edition<p>Sometime late this summer while googling around aimlessly, I found a link to what was described as the deluxe edition of Ernst Collin's <i>Pressbengel</i> bound in full parchment. This was on my bucket list and given that it was limited to 30 copies bound in either full leather or parchment, the time it was published in, and the history of that time, including WW II, I felt it was nothing but a dream. The <i>Heftlade</i> the journal of the Jakob-Krause-Bundes published by Ernst Collin had an advertisement for the <i>Pressbengel. </i>A copy of the deluxe in leather is depicted in the <a href="http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/referate/drucke/hettler/g029_lederband_braun_huebel-denck_1922.htm">Max Hettler collection</a> collection in Stuttgart, the binding for both variants bound for the Euphorion Verlag by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig. </p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0QAjo5kOtZuWGJ7q4XsRZtUrfeX8o42uhC32uItHwxYceW07D6lz6e642DYOsBQTaZWi9ejHrdiK4eu35mYG2qb75OgLQWjf-7hMJiPwKPYRvrlMqNrExCjXTdiu-rschTx6IGnX0j9f2mgLTq_jcvzCPCAe0dIGemaHGa3VWmOi2ZB1T_h6T-P7I=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="863" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0QAjo5kOtZuWGJ7q4XsRZtUrfeX8o42uhC32uItHwxYceW07D6lz6e642DYOsBQTaZWi9ejHrdiK4eu35mYG2qb75OgLQWjf-7hMJiPwKPYRvrlMqNrExCjXTdiu-rschTx6IGnX0j9f2mgLTq_jcvzCPCAe0dIGemaHGa3VWmOi2ZB1T_h6T-P7I=w384-h400" width="384" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Regular with spine of deluxe bound in parchment at left.<br />The title stamping is identical between the leather and<br />parchment variants of the deluxe edition.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3VNVGiMoxUM/WqQ2xCUohkI/AAAAAAAAIUM/M8FEZwoq5bcgSCuzNf2eCBKzb7P3nmNnwCLcBGAs/s1600/Die%2BHeftlade%252C%2Bvol%2B1%2BEuphorion%2BVerlag%2Bfor%2BPressbengel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="573" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3VNVGiMoxUM/WqQ2xCUohkI/AAAAAAAAIUM/M8FEZwoq5bcgSCuzNf2eCBKzb7P3nmNnwCLcBGAs/w254-h400/Die%2BHeftlade%252C%2Bvol%2B1%2BEuphorion%2BVerlag%2Bfor%2BPressbengel.jpg" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Der Pressbengel</i>, 1000 copies bound in paper,<br />30 copies on handmade Zanders rag paper, bound <br />in full leather or parchment.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Below the pricing for the <i>Pressbengel</i>, leather or parchment for 85 Marks, paper for 4.50 Marks. This was during the period of hyper-inflation that started the end of 1922 and extended through 1923, so I will need to do some real math as hyperinflation currency was printed at ever greater denominations. A <a href="https://futureboy.us/fsp/dollar.fsp">website that converts historical currency values</a> calculated that 85 Mark (1922) has a value of $3931.93 current dollars, and 4.50 Mark (1922) $208.16 current dollars. Can that be right? <a href="https://pressbengel.blogspot.com/2020/04/pressbengel-im-borsenblatt-1922.html">More on hyper-inflation in my annual post from 2020.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDsyXMMcW88/WqQ2xDJ0VaI/AAAAAAAAIUI/ZH1e3Khqt48U7yIoTqmj1WcbbzKUrmfKQCLcBGAs/s1600/Die%2BHeftlade%252C%2Bvol%2B1%2BEuphorion%2BVerlag%2Bw%2BPressbengel%2Bpricing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="579" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RDsyXMMcW88/WqQ2xDJ0VaI/AAAAAAAAIUI/ZH1e3Khqt48U7yIoTqmj1WcbbzKUrmfKQCLcBGAs/w256-h400/Die%2BHeftlade%252C%2Bvol%2B1%2BEuphorion%2BVerlag%2Bw%2BPressbengel%2Bpricing.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">85 [Gold] Marks for the deluxe, 4.50 for the paper binding</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Anyhow, back to the listing I found googling... I had not given myself a top-end budget for the deluxe, so ordered on the spot and had it arrive ca. 3 weeks later. Below pictures with some detail views that also raised questions...</p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD5gCh2iJD2G_gFmqPa8a_h71LG1AorUtvBTkBS-e5eoFQb0-3E2Prd3z5FfeWpHe2s7RGBh2POCgfDRvTSOpEUKA6WSfJpCSnWZLq-h-N2gF0zkLR3_eFaam-LhE3y_iP25GO0BeHqTulF9u2I4fWM2agCC4Tr2IpJKGGde-v_keBkmZfBnAi7arU=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD5gCh2iJD2G_gFmqPa8a_h71LG1AorUtvBTkBS-e5eoFQb0-3E2Prd3z5FfeWpHe2s7RGBh2POCgfDRvTSOpEUKA6WSfJpCSnWZLq-h-N2gF0zkLR3_eFaam-LhE3y_iP25GO0BeHqTulF9u2I4fWM2agCC4Tr2IpJKGGde-v_keBkmZfBnAi7arU=w303-h400" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spine and front of deluxe. The book was<br />sewn on 5 parchment slips.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifoKimQmNv8EqCQmtFMez_fvYaSGJawnZT4d-P_fJqao3c1FK--UTm3aX-SM3tfsGupM9zO2FP0CFvKMTTED4ZUh0ZmNjoDDxzZWYuGwjAVL3t8wjJ4-fXSaFH0ATyE9PoM88IPB5qQW0Y3VjlVdWdoUEEOAgfZVgxQg__5A1wYiQv9YVbMc8yxLFE=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="900" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifoKimQmNv8EqCQmtFMez_fvYaSGJawnZT4d-P_fJqao3c1FK--UTm3aX-SM3tfsGupM9zO2FP0CFvKMTTED4ZUh0ZmNjoDDxzZWYuGwjAVL3t8wjJ4-fXSaFH0ATyE9PoM88IPB5qQW0Y3VjlVdWdoUEEOAgfZVgxQg__5A1wYiQv9YVbMc8yxLFE=w400-h209" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colophon indicating this copy number 7.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvGzKaXWhtvASFiieNtKKT7zZ8wJBPbTKnwYyUB8qSshgV5TWjwNThY1M_YvsYFYWdV4nmM92ks8Pzj_kqLao_hU8eED9E0ODckF2Xqnvt6TQHtewfwIMLYjVFOwFSd8ELL3mqwui55iQXFAhZwvTZ0ea_D24iVK0O9qyEHYqINtfdLpoUK3sjyPCa=s880" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="880" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvGzKaXWhtvASFiieNtKKT7zZ8wJBPbTKnwYyUB8qSshgV5TWjwNThY1M_YvsYFYWdV4nmM92ks8Pzj_kqLao_hU8eED9E0ODckF2Xqnvt6TQHtewfwIMLYjVFOwFSd8ELL3mqwui55iQXFAhZwvTZ0ea_D24iVK0O9qyEHYqINtfdLpoUK3sjyPCa=w400-h355" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top edge gilt with hand-sewn endband. All leaves are perfectly<br />flush and gilt.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBmkq9f_x-Us1N9tHcJlgYuF6kZasjC80RQirvM1UrgwzBJP27TKQg7XN4PVydPN1z6zGc8qIjX4mTT-29Dia308M4uoOcFZjyH_vFkPhKACmdnwB4yOVobOdrvGKh9T38MWdAg1PCcbqD5Ok6s9FviRQdLyxDq4sMx2d1zWHdForW9UWlpWfQ2Ptu=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="900" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBmkq9f_x-Us1N9tHcJlgYuF6kZasjC80RQirvM1UrgwzBJP27TKQg7XN4PVydPN1z6zGc8qIjX4mTT-29Dia308M4uoOcFZjyH_vFkPhKACmdnwB4yOVobOdrvGKh9T38MWdAg1PCcbqD5Ok6s9FviRQdLyxDq4sMx2d1zWHdForW9UWlpWfQ2Ptu=w400-h181" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Euphorion [Verlag] binding.<br />Note the sloppy trimming with the blue (fill?) underneath.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcmSLcnTNNoPsyBQqeNYk5KeCP3rh-6r1G2vN509LMe6KfHjCA9qyhdtjgIWjSnf_68BPr91X0cH48IwHvzOVVk2GYQb15w1vc04HuGgzGYK5iW7pfz6CRisKezi-Hff0bs6VP1Vs5AehpCunFC9kSxOIgMeXKdyoLHd7MTZ1XMwUTMrYQz-GUXmod=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcmSLcnTNNoPsyBQqeNYk5KeCP3rh-6r1G2vN509LMe6KfHjCA9qyhdtjgIWjSnf_68BPr91X0cH48IwHvzOVVk2GYQb15w1vc04HuGgzGYK5iW7pfz6CRisKezi-Hff0bs6VP1Vs5AehpCunFC9kSxOIgMeXKdyoLHd7MTZ1XMwUTMrYQz-GUXmod=w400-h213" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bound at Hübel & Denck in Leipzig.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5wV6lGcQG60PQOOLUCi_MadfrEmxB-kk3pCubyZ9f_CHpzMMATZ1k5BuiWkx1yRRplnWZF-k4uMyrrLnw2jLNd4PIYN0wUXhNdVywS5DgYVFq5ywrVwb7P0DsaQviXIc2R9-aymt7w8czXV0il4kl_1WjH_AXswL-Obf3vHaxsbLzVyEVDR905C_n=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5wV6lGcQG60PQOOLUCi_MadfrEmxB-kk3pCubyZ9f_CHpzMMATZ1k5BuiWkx1yRRplnWZF-k4uMyrrLnw2jLNd4PIYN0wUXhNdVywS5DgYVFq5ywrVwb7P0DsaQviXIc2R9-aymt7w8czXV0il4kl_1WjH_AXswL-Obf3vHaxsbLzVyEVDR905C_n=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloth guard around made endpaper signature.<br />Paper on verso of 1st and 2nd flyleaves identical to text.<br />The cloth was common on full vellum bindings. and would have<br />extended across the full width of the doublure. This is also how<br />I learned it during my apprenticeship in Germany.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmqiHicuxpEaDifsIZxKOw4oznbnpus6il1CiPWtcEYQuCRve-mBZO1xRvYRPHU6F63bMgaIOqzk_L8Aa4lMuyDlHzQYA2ozORTrrNyn5y21rXWs-jnwwRQbq8AutV3B7tJyNdQe-H9wPS3uf8ZnBIs9-B5Vtr0zw-rtrqrY3wG6sEvF0Zcb9VLrpC=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="900" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmqiHicuxpEaDifsIZxKOw4oznbnpus6il1CiPWtcEYQuCRve-mBZO1xRvYRPHU6F63bMgaIOqzk_L8Aa4lMuyDlHzQYA2ozORTrrNyn5y21rXWs-jnwwRQbq8AutV3B7tJyNdQe-H9wPS3uf8ZnBIs9-B5Vtr0zw-rtrqrY3wG6sEvF0Zcb9VLrpC=w400-h180" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 5 vellum slips as seen through the doublure.<br />Note the staining on the flyleaf, also visible in the back.<br />Was the staining and abrasion/tearing in the joint the result of<br />a repair, or do we blame an apprentice?</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrpzqwKTMFvFwc4Hg8QhkMk2rTZq7EM8dPWR_bPTvH7Rv_cvpVJ4Dd08c8yyUJ7Ykn9YGSHyRlIKDkz1C3KDqBDAtLQfh08eVmQIU8qRdAIBlfXagca_5keGfo-Rl8F__cT7blA7qhcxHagMSu2cXkDWCPh70i9nWLp_WoQ-il99l1IMyIXIekQMU1=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrpzqwKTMFvFwc4Hg8QhkMk2rTZq7EM8dPWR_bPTvH7Rv_cvpVJ4Dd08c8yyUJ7Ykn9YGSHyRlIKDkz1C3KDqBDAtLQfh08eVmQIU8qRdAIBlfXagca_5keGfo-Rl8F__cT7blA7qhcxHagMSu2cXkDWCPh70i9nWLp_WoQ-il99l1IMyIXIekQMU1=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handmade rag paper for the text block measures 10 thousandths<br />of an inch or .25 mm. Rather thick and stiff...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Ernst Collin wrote an article about the publisher's bindings created for the Euphorion Verlag at Hübel & Denck in the <i>Archiv für Buchgewerbe und Graphik</i>, vol 58, 1921 (pp. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044083138636?urlappend=%3Bseq=388%3Bownerid=114965747-394">270-271</a>). <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044083138636?urlappend=%3Bseq=495%3Bownerid=114965747-503">Pictures accompanying the article can be viewed here</a>.<br />
<p>In the article, Collin wrote "that the bindings he viewed for the article were less than beautiful (wenig schön) but serviceable exemplars of what we would consider fine bindings... The bindings are stamped with Euphorion Verlag and Hübel & Denck Leipzig." Keeping in mind the exponential increase in luxury editions, Collin wrote that the owner of such an edition is [still] entitled to work that represents the best in terms of craft and aesthetics, balanced against the cost pressures exerted on the publisher, and always bound by hand. Production of these bindings was managed by Heinrich Bahle who was a member of the Jakob-Krause-Bundes (precursor to the Meister der Einbandkunst). Collin notes that by indicating the relationship between publisher and binder that it was a joint effort. This also includes the effort that went into the work of the publisher, such as negotiating with the printer about type face and typography, something that is not always as perfect as it should be at the beginning of a relationship. Continuing, Collin notes that these bindings are created using classical tooling patterns and that the judgement of the expert bookbinder is critical, given that the publisher is not an expert in these areas. He closes with the remark that the illustrated bindings are representative of this collaboration, even if they can only give a weak impression of the beauty of the work. Taken together, Collin seems to be indicating that while a good start, the relationship and results of Euphorion and Hübel & Denck has room for improvement. Collin writing this article and then publishing his <i>Pressbengel</i> with the same publisher, a regular occurrence for him and others illustrates how tight-knit the bibliophilic fields were.</p><p>This was written a year before the <i>Pressbengel</i> was written and published. Examining my binding of the deluxe in parchment closely leaves me in agreement with some of Collin's sentiments in the article. I cannot tell whether the "sloppiness" where the doublure was trimmed and the staining and abrasion in the joint of same are the result of a repair or regular production, but the choice of very heavy paper, more like cover stock really, and other details lead me to believe the latter. Other factors include that the deluxe was likely bound on sale to the collectors preference and the overall impact of hyperinflation on labor, materials, moral, ... meaning that it may have been "good enough".</p></div>Peter D. Verheyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756409905035122124noreply@blogger.com0