Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

0libertine0:

missharlot: secret poison case disguised as a book, 17th century

(Source: moshita, via fleurdechair)

book-aesthete:

lindish:

Book Fractal: Complete (via B_Zedan)

Yes, it is a book with a room inside it. And in that room is a book case, on which are books

The whole set is incredible. I love that all the little books are made using the proper bindings, with the pages taken from examples of their full-size counterparts.

(via lindish)

onemansrubbish:

via bookshelfporn: via thingssheloves

(via brothelart)

book-aesthete:

Bookbinding by Suenonius Mandelgreen. Middelburg, 1757. - 1793

Brown-carmine morocco, gold-tooled. The covers are filled with decorations of interlacing ribbons with foliage and flowers in the resulting compartments, made by many small tools. On both covers is a circumscription: ‘A grateful reminder of the honour bestowed on the 5th of the autumn month 1757. On the occasion of the joyful dinner, on the happy birth of Willem Zelandus van Borssele, whom the Lord will appoint to the noble seat of his father, for the benefit of country and church, is the respectful wish of A.L. Callenfels, S. Mandelgreen and L. Taillefert. D.Z’. Signed at the bottom of the front cover ‘S. Mandelgreen fecit’.

(via brothelart)

agirlsaidtotheuniverse:

“Little Library” by Todd Pattison, 2009

Found and altered early 19th-century leather binding with fore-edge clasps. The bookshelves of the altered binding hold seventy-two blank leather- and paper-covered books which open and range in height from 1” to 1.5”.

via Guild of Book Workers

How to Make a Book With a Secret Compartment

Mildly irritating host (as per usual with most ‘how-to’ videos!) but it’s still a competent and simple walk-through.