From arranging metal letters into words, to decorating a leather cover with hot tools – watch the process of a book being printed and bound from start to finish.
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How was it made? Printing and binding a book
From arranging metal letters into words, to decorating a leather cover with hot tools – watch the process of a book being printed and bound from start to finish.
See how more objects are created in our How was it made? playlist.
Books
The Spectator, printed for Sam Buckley, sold by A. Baldwin, 1711 – 1714, England. Library no. Dyce 9379. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London