Contact us:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
The Devon and Exeter Institution
The Devon and Exeter Institution
g

We are open Tuesdays to Fridays 10am-5pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm. Public tours Wednesdays 1pm-4pm.
Contact us:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
  • Home
  • About us
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe to our Newsletter
    • Guided tours
    • Venue hire
    • Volunteering
    • Accessibility Information
    • Press, film and photography enquiries
    • Links
  • Our Programme
    • Lifelong learning and community programme
    • Evening Lectures
    • School visits and outreach
    • Families and Junior Members
    • University of Exeter – students and staff
  • The Library
    • Collection highlights
    • Library collections
    • Catalogue
    • Make an appointment
    • Our region revealed: the prints and drawings collection
    • Book of the month
    • Introducing our merchandise
    • Support us
  • Membership
    • Join or renew here
    • Leadership and Governance
    • Members’ book group
    • Members’ cinema club
  • What’s on
  • Support us
Home What’s on The art of bookbinding by Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1853-1930)

The art of bookbinding by Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1853-1930)

Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf (1853-1930) inherited his father's bookbinding firm in 1882. In his manual on The art of bookbinding, published in 1880, he hoped to 'advance the beautiful art of bookbinding'. His detailed description of the process from folding the printed sheets to adding the finishing flourishes on the covers leaves us in little doubt of the skill and artistry required to bind a book.

Posted in Book of the month, Library Collections, News, Talks and Lectures by Sonia Llewellyn on June 10th, 2020.

Subscribe to comments | Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Latest News

  • Mary Bulteel Ponsonby, a Radical Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria
  • New table-top display: Myths and Monsters
  • "Digging up" James Parkinson's Organic Remains (1804-1811)

Categories

  • An Invitation to Create
  • Archive content
  • Book of the month
  • Displays, Exhibitions and Residencies
  • Library Collections
  • News
  • Talks and Lectures
  • Workshops and Events
latest tweets
Follow @DExInstitution

Did You Know?

The Library, by gift and purchase, has reached a size of some 40,000 volumes. These include long runs of nineteenth century journals, many early scientific books, the works of local authors, and a great deal of printed historical source material.

  • Contact us
  • Leadership and Governance

Devon and Exeter Institution, 7 Cathedral Close, Exeter EX1 1EZ
Office: 01392 274727
Library: 01392 251017
Membership enquiries: [email protected]
Library enquiries: [email protected]
General enquiries: [email protected]

© 2016 Devon and Exeter Institution. Registered Charity No: 1172445.
Photography: Rhodri Cooper, Harry Bowley, Matt Austin, Emma Dunn.

 

Historic England

Historic England Heritage Lottery Fund : Lottery Funded

Family Friendly Museums Award || University of Exeter