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Bookbinding Project: Replica of Shakespeare's First Folio
I am currently working on a replica of Shakespeare's 1623 folio. Although Shakespeare's works have been in print prior to the release of the first folio as individual plays, the 1623 publication is the first edition of the "complete" works of Shakespeare.
This replica is a rebinding of a 1947 facsimile, originally case bound in ugly whitish cloth, redone in hand dyed calf leather featuring a Cambridge panel and lined with marbled paper. The text block was resewn on recessed cords with the new cover boards laced in. Headbands were hand wound. An oxford hollow with false raised bands was used for the spine. The leather was dyed using a combination of vegetable dyes, aniline dyes and tattoo inks.
See more projects here:
As you can tell by the electrical transformer, vacuum tubes ("valves") and telegraph sounder in the background, I have other ongoing projects in the same shop. :)
Bookbinding Project: Replica of Shakespeare's First Folio
I am currently working on a replica of Shakespeare's 1623 folio. Although Shakespeare's works have been in print prior to the release of the first folio as individual plays, the 1623 publication is the first edition of the "complete" works of Shakespeare.
This replica is a rebinding of a 1947 facsimile, originally case bound in ugly whitish cloth, redone in hand dyed calf leather featuring a Cambridge panel and lined with marbled paper. The text block was resewn on recessed cords with the new cover boards laced in. Headbands were hand wound. An oxford hollow with false raised bands was used for the spine. The leather was dyed using a combination of vegetable dyes, aniline dyes and tattoo inks.
See more projects here:
As you can tell by the electrical transformer, vacuum tubes ("valves") and telegraph sounder in the background, I have other ongoing projects in the same shop. :)