The History
A History of Books, Bookbinding & Bookselling
Five thousand years in the life of the book, from clay tablet to the corner bookshop, in one scrolling timeline.
A place to explore bookbinding, book history, and the quiet craft of the physical book: the tools, the materials, the centuries of accumulated knowledge held between covers.
Bookbinding, repair, tools and techniques. Giving damaged books a new purpose.
Explore →Books, bookmaking and printing through time. The long story of how we've kept words.
Explore →Where craft meets history: the strange, the beautiful, the hard to place.
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Five thousand years in the life of the book, from clay tablet to the corner bookshop, in one scrolling timeline.
A quick update after a longer-than-expected absence.
A hands-on bookbinding project following Four Keys Book Arts on YouTube