Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, Douce L 186.jpg A Dutch bookbinder's workshop c 1700 This detailed engraving of a bookbinder's shop placed above a pious verse shows a binder seated at a sewing frame sewing a book while another binder stands at a post beating folded printed sheets A bookbinder's plough which is used to trim the edges of books and a gluepot are in the foreground While this is an idealized depiction it offers important information on both binding methods and tools Douce L 186 pl 63 exhibition history plate 63 source filename oulis2009-atb-0106-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//eb14a9f3-87e7-424a-80f0-b8bd353259b8 Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries Douce L 186 Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries Douce L 186 http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/eb14a9f3-87e7-424a-80f0-b8bd353259b8/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding |