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Ornament as a Workshop's Signature
A binding is attributed to a specific workshop by its set of tools.
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Gold Adheres Only Where There Is Protein
Before tooling, the leather is wiped with egg white.
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The Tools Are Still Heated, for Demonstration
A cold tool leaves no mark: tooling needs heat.
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A Tool Worn on One Side
The binder held it at an angle, and it shows a century later.
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Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling

A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written

The Slim Volume: Poetry in Publisher's Wrappers

The Wax Seal and Trust

Grease and Water: Lithography as a Chemical Trick

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were

The Living Book: Illustration of the Future

The Unfading Hand: The Manuscript in the Digital Age

The Watermark: How Paper Tells Its Own Story

What Remains of an Evening: A Playbill Instead of a Recording

The Censor's Mark

The Letter That Took a Month

The Type Case: A Language's Statistics as Furniture

Literaturnyi Yarmarok: Twelve Issues and a Whole School

The Colour Page: The Art of Book Illustration

Hand and Ink: The World of the Manuscript

The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat

Typescript with Corrections: What Giving Up a Line Looks Like

The Inscription: A Book Addressed to a Person

The Diary as a Document of Its Age

Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling

A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written

The Slim Volume: Poetry in Publisher's Wrappers

The Wax Seal and Trust

Grease and Water: Lithography as a Chemical Trick

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were

The Living Book: Illustration of the Future

The Unfading Hand: The Manuscript in the Digital Age

The Watermark: How Paper Tells Its Own Story

What Remains of an Evening: A Playbill Instead of a Recording

The Censor's Mark

The Letter That Took a Month

The Type Case: A Language's Statistics as Furniture

Literaturnyi Yarmarok: Twelve Issues and a Whole School

The Colour Page: The Art of Book Illustration

Hand and Ink: The World of the Manuscript

The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat

Typescript with Corrections: What Giving Up a Line Looks Like

The Inscription: A Book Addressed to a Person

The Diary as a Document of Its Age

Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling

A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written

The Slim Volume: Poetry in Publisher's Wrappers

The Wax Seal and Trust

Grease and Water: Lithography as a Chemical Trick

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were

The Living Book: Illustration of the Future

The Unfading Hand: The Manuscript in the Digital Age

The Watermark: How Paper Tells Its Own Story

What Remains of an Evening: A Playbill Instead of a Recording

The Censor's Mark

The Letter That Took a Month

The Type Case: A Language's Statistics as Furniture

Literaturnyi Yarmarok: Twelve Issues and a Whole School

The Colour Page: The Art of Book Illustration

Hand and Ink: The World of the Manuscript

The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat

Typescript with Corrections: What Giving Up a Line Looks Like

The Inscription: A Book Addressed to a Person

The Diary as a Document of Its Age

The Last Room: 1916

The Armorial: Colour as Text

The Alphabet Book as a Curriculum

The Sammelband: Several Books Bound by One Will

A Doctorate from Vienna: A Degree Taken in Another City

The Edges of the Known: Cartography Tomorrow

The Author's Voice: Publishing Tomorrow

The Life of the Book: Restoration for Tomorrow

Letters from the Road: Work, Money, Health on a Single Sheet

Plan of a City That No Longer Exists

The Book That Unfolds

Ex Libris: Who Held This Book Before You

The Library as a Tool: Notes in the Margins

The World on a Sheet: Maps and Atlases in Books

The Living Word: First Editions

The Word in Leather: The Art of the Early Book

The Hand That Corrected Itself: Manuscripts of Ziviale Lystia

The Engraved Map: Precision Cut by Needle

Chromolithography: Colour Printed Twenty Times

Leather, Board, Clasp: The Binding as Structure

The Last Room: 1916

The Armorial: Colour as Text

The Alphabet Book as a Curriculum

The Sammelband: Several Books Bound by One Will

A Doctorate from Vienna: A Degree Taken in Another City

The Edges of the Known: Cartography Tomorrow

The Author's Voice: Publishing Tomorrow

The Life of the Book: Restoration for Tomorrow

Letters from the Road: Work, Money, Health on a Single Sheet

Plan of a City That No Longer Exists

The Book That Unfolds

Ex Libris: Who Held This Book Before You

The Library as a Tool: Notes in the Margins

The World on a Sheet: Maps and Atlases in Books

The Living Word: First Editions

The Word in Leather: The Art of the Early Book

The Hand That Corrected Itself: Manuscripts of Ziviale Lystia

The Engraved Map: Precision Cut by Needle

Chromolithography: Colour Printed Twenty Times

Leather, Board, Clasp: The Binding as Structure

The Last Room: 1916

The Armorial: Colour as Text

The Alphabet Book as a Curriculum

The Sammelband: Several Books Bound by One Will

A Doctorate from Vienna: A Degree Taken in Another City

The Edges of the Known: Cartography Tomorrow

The Author's Voice: Publishing Tomorrow

The Life of the Book: Restoration for Tomorrow

Letters from the Road: Work, Money, Health on a Single Sheet

Plan of a City That No Longer Exists

The Book That Unfolds

Ex Libris: Who Held This Book Before You

The Library as a Tool: Notes in the Margins

The World on a Sheet: Maps and Atlases in Books

The Living Word: First Editions

The Word in Leather: The Art of the Early Book

The Hand That Corrected Itself: Manuscripts of Ziviale Lystia

The Engraved Map: Precision Cut by Needle

Chromolithography: Colour Printed Twenty Times

Leather, Board, Clasp: The Binding as Structure
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On now16

The Watermark: How Paper Tells Its Own Story
29 July 2026 – 11 March 2027
Музей книги і друкарства України

Letters from the Road: Work, Money, Health on a Single Sheet
29 July 2026 – 11 March 2027
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка

What Remains of an Evening: A Playbill Instead of a Recording
29 July 2026 – 11 March 2027
Харківський літературний музей

Plan of a City That No Longer Exists
27 July 2026 – 9 March 2027
Дніпровський національний історичний музей

The Censor's Mark
27 July 2026 – 9 March 2027
Харківський літературний музей

The Book That Unfolds
27 July 2026 – 9 March 2027
Одеський музей західного і східного мистецтва

The Letter That Took a Month
27 July 2026 – 9 March 2027
Музей Ханенків

Ex Libris: Who Held This Book Before You
27 July 2026 – 9 March 2027
Львівський історичний музей

The Type Case: A Language's Statistics as Furniture
24 June 2026 – 24 June 2027
Музей книги і друкарства України

The Library as a Tool: Notes in the Margins
24 June 2026 – 24 June 2027
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка
Coming soon16

The Edges of the Known: Cartography Tomorrow
21 August 2027 – 17 February 2028
Дніпровський національний історичний музей

The Living Book: Illustration of the Future
21 August 2027 – 17 February 2028
Одеський музей західного і східного мистецтва

The Author's Voice: Publishing Tomorrow
21 August 2027 – 17 February 2028
Харківський літературний музей

The Unfading Hand: The Manuscript in the Digital Age
21 August 2027 – 17 February 2028
Львівський історичний музей

The Life of the Book: Restoration for Tomorrow
21 August 2027 – 17 February 2028
Музей Ханенків

Grease and Water: Lithography as a Chemical Trick
23 August 2027 – 19 February 2028
Музей книги і друкарства України

A Doctorate from Vienna: A Degree Taken in Another City
23 August 2027 – 19 February 2028
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка

Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were
23 August 2027 – 19 February 2028
Харківський літературний музей

The Armorial: Colour as Text
25 September 2027 – 22 April 2028
Дніпровський національний історичний музей

The Slim Volume: Poetry in Publisher's Wrappers
25 September 2027 – 22 April 2028
Харківський літературний музей

























