How was it made? Printing and binding a book | V&A

Discover the stages involved in creating a hand-printed and hand-bound book. This is an example of octavo size, meaning it's made up of pages that were printed eight to a sheet of paper.
Process at the printers:
Arranging metal letters: 00:09
Preparing type: 00:25
Applying ink to the type: 00:32
Pressing paper onto the inked type: 00:40
Process at the binders:
Sheets folded and cut: 01:07
Folds hammered: 01:24
Sheets sewn onto bands: 01:28
Rounding the spine: 01:43
Attaching cover boards: 01:56
Clamping the book and trimming pages: 02:20
Endbands sewn: 02:29
Leather cover stuck on: 02:41
Decoration added with hot metal tools: 03:11
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