Bookbinding No more gluing designs onto

No more gluing designs onto sandpaper or cardboard

a dog with superhuman mentality

and row upon row of tiny pleats

to be studied

corners and frames with intricate floral and foliate patterns

Bookbinding No more gluing designs ontoEdith Diehl (18761955) was one of the world's foremost practitioners of traditional bookbinding and an exceptionally able teacher. From the vantage point of a lifetime's experience, she gives today's bookbinders a historical survey of this centuries old art and an eminently practical guide. Nearly one half of the encyclopedic volume is devoted to an overview of the historical development of bookbinding. The author shows how the codex form of the book