Enjoy antique books? Enjoy the structure of the book? Check out some of these historic models.
Medieval Bindings
Romanesque binding made at Jim Croft's Old Ways.
Brain tanned leather over alum tawed sewing supports.
My first brass clasps
Gothic Model
Gothic endband on gothic model
Clasps made by the artist on gothic model
Three parchment models, limp, semi-limp and stiff board bindings
Fore edge view of the same three parchment models
Paper case model of a limp vellum binding
This model is based off of Jen Lindsay's article in "The New Bookbinder" vol. 11, 1991
View of case with fore edge flaps, made with Hook Pottery Case Paper
17th-19th Century
18th century edge decoration
Half leather 18th century binding
Another view of the half leather 18th century model
Variation of Italian Vein marbled endpapers
Front view of the simpler quarter leather 18th century binding
Spine of the quarter leather 18th century binding
Fore edge view of the quarter leather 18th century binding showing the hand marbled endpapers, the edge decoration, and sewn endbands
Run up gilt spine on full calf 18th century binding
Gilt "Cambridge" panel on an 18th century calf binding
Fore edge view showing the edge decoration, historical patterned marbled endpapers, and sewn endbands
Paper case model of a limp vellum binding
View of case with fore edge flaps, made with Hook Pottery Case Paper
19th and 20th Century bindings
18-20th Century "Trade Binding". Often half leather (spine and corners) with a tooled spine.
A pop of fun inside a traditional binding
Popular in Northern Europe, especially during the great depression. A few different styles of millimeter binding.
Three different approaches to the millimeter binding.
Paste papers with simple, sometimes geometric designs were popular.
Another view of the different ways leather was used on the millimeter bindings.