A19th Century Bookbinding Studio,
The same tools and machines are used today in a functional
bindery.
Click on the different binders for explanation
of the tasks performed. .
From a plate in " Handbuch der Wohlgewerklichen Künste" (Schreiber).
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Note that the position of the man plowing is the same as the plower in
"Was willst du werden", written and
illustrated by Oscar Pletsch in 1862.