Edge trimming rules have been mentioned the German bookbinding literature at least since Prediger in the first volume of his  Der in aller h...

The Kaschiereisen as this tool is known in German is made to shape and consolidate the spine of a book in backing where it was used as an al...

 A looooooong time ago, not to long after I started this blog, I introduced the Aufschabebelch , a simple tool that one could purchase or ma...

Following up on my previous post, "Attracting Women to the Bookbinding Trade" , I'm posting a translation of  Maria Lühr, erst...

Eine Spurensuche zum Buchbinder, Schriftsteller, Antiquar und Bibliophilen Überglücklich und stolz mit meinem Artikel über Ernst Collin und ...

Another recent acquisition, Die Buchbinderin , #5 in the series Die Frau im Handwerk  (Women in the Trades). The pamphlet was written by Agn...