Fantastic. Showed the books to some cultural history types and they were uniformly impressed. Small sample size, but it correlates with the sense that this commitment to the art isn’t well known. Yet.
The stamping is especially positive. Stamping bindings was an art in itself for most of publishing history, but fell victim to Modernity like most refined crafts. Revival isn’t a problem in itself - it’s having the means to do it. Pulling the art side of binding back out of the memory hole is an underrated accomplishment in this bigger project. If anyone cares, the back half of my sprawling review of the Landmark Thucydides overviews the art of Western binding.
Fantastic. Showed the books to some cultural history types and they were uniformly impressed. Small sample size, but it correlates with the sense that this commitment to the art isn’t well known. Yet.
The stamping is especially positive. Stamping bindings was an art in itself for most of publishing history, but fell victim to Modernity like most refined crafts. Revival isn’t a problem in itself - it’s having the means to do it. Pulling the art side of binding back out of the memory hole is an underrated accomplishment in this bigger project. If anyone cares, the back half of my sprawling review of the Landmark Thucydides overviews the art of Western binding.
https://theunclejohnsband.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-father-of-history-landmark.html