#vellum binding

[zhalfirin]

Carmilla - Robert Sheridan Le Fanu Full vellum Bradel binding with slipcase

Book art - Alphonse Mucha Many thanks @notwhelmedyet for inspiring me towards Mucha for bookart

Materials used:

case board - museumsboard, white spine stiffener - cardboard gathering the case and laser printed cover decoration - white paper cover material - calf parchment

inner book text block paper - Schleipen fly 05, 115gsm endpapers - Chiyogami paper and Hahnemühle Ingres Bütten paper sewing material - linnen thread (flax) endbands - buttonhole silk (Gütermann) edge finish - head and foot edge polished Font's used Titel font - Boecklin's universe Chapter title, page count and drop caps - Amarante text body - Georgia

Slipcase case construction - grey board (1,5 and 1mm) covering materials - Tsumugi paper, Hahnemühle Ingres Bütten paper, Chiyogami paper

[recoleta2015]

Curious Incidents in the Life of a Book

This series of photos is of the work Sermones de Tiempo by Luis de Granada, Madrid, 1791.

--The first 3 are of the vellum cover, an apparent antiphonal, unknown date, and binders’ waste from an 1844 French text on political science.

 --The next is the beginning of the text at page 33.

 --Internal sewing.

 --End of text at page 430 and a further look at the sewing. The published work continued to 496 pages.

 --Back cover.

 This treatment presents too many questions to list.

Helen

Dec 12, 2015