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Bookbinding Basics

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Rosati's book covers traditional European bookbinding in plentiful full color pictures. He pictures bookbinding tools, basic rules for bookbinding (such as aligning, folding, and counting the paper sheets, sawing, glueing, and etc.), sewing on cords (with a sewing frame or on a stool), sewing on tapes, and binding a simple notebook. He also describes a method I haven't seen before: binding loose sheets with nails. The pictures are the best part of the book. They're very clear and detailed. This book doesn't cover non-traditional or artistic forms of the book.

As part of a college class, I have looked at many bookbinding titles. I haven't found any single title that contains everything useful to know about bookbinding. Anyone interested in bookbinding should look at a variety of books. This one is useful because it has an unusually large number of color illustrations. I found both the illustrations and the written instructions to be fairly easy to follow. Well worth looking at.