tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625475.post-1107626995495090912005-02-05T10:09:00.000-08:002008-04-17T07:59:56.559-07:00Considering the very many different styles of bookbinding practiced since the Egyptian scroll, the Industrial Revolution whittled them down to all but a few still practiced today, even computers have "done away" with the need for ......receipt books, guard books, account books, half extra, extra and super extra , vellum laced ledgers, 1/2 bound in Basil, Levant Morocco, Vellum, Rough Calf, Forel, and Roan, with brass corners and locks........And that was only 30 years ago!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/10%20spines.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/10%20spines.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/1600/6%20half.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/879/830/200/6%20half.jpg" border="0" /></a><p>In simple terms, before the Industrial Revolution a bindery of a 100 people may have produced around 500 good quality leather bindings per week by hand, a run of 2000 books would have taken a month to complete.<br />By developing a case making machine, sewing machine, casing in line, blocking press etc, and reducing the quality of materials, ie; book cloth and paper etc, a run of 2000 books is going to take less than a week, putting 3/4 of the workforce out of a job.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdlG6YhZiI/AAAAAAAAAEE/2WQF9WQLjdA/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdlG6YhZiI/AAAAAAAAAEE/2WQF9WQLjdA/s200/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190228264993515042" border="0" /></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdljaYhZjI/AAAAAAAAAEM/j9DQicTm90M/s1600-h/DSCF0023-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_V10ih2CkDDw/SAdljaYhZjI/AAAAAAAAAEM/j9DQicTm90M/s200/DSCF0023-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190228754619786802" border="0" /></a></p> <p><br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Traditional bookbinding by Paul Tronson<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">email:periodfinebindings@googlemail.com<br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">To read my "Irregular Newsletter" click <a href="http://periodfinebindings.typepad.com/englishbookbinder4a/"> here</a><br /></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10625475-110762699549509091?l=bookbinding.blogspot.com'/></div>Paulnoreply@blogger.com