Saturday, January 17, 2015

Book #17

Spanish Ledger Binding

I just finished making this replica of a Spanish 17th Century limp vellum ledger. I used an old parchment document for the cover, folded with turn-ins so that the original writing is hidden on the inside. I constructed the traditional toggle and loop closure elements from strips of vellum.

8 comments:

Larry said...

Very nice!

Melanie Ann said...

That is just gorgeous!!

taichara said...

That book is amazing :o

MyHandboundBooks said...

Thanks Larry, Melanie Ann, and taichara :D

Giorgia said...

i like it

MyHandboundBooks said...

Thanks, Giorgia!

Cassienne said...

Hi
I love your blog! I come back to it again and again.
I'm trying to understand how you sewed this binding....where did you start the sewing? At which station? Did you use the same thread to do the sewing on the front cover, or did you tie off and start again?
Thanks so much, Cassienne

MyHandboundBooks said...

Hi Cassienne. I don't have this book anymore so I can't examine it right now, and, it has been so long since I made it that I can't tell you exactly where I started the sewing! But I can tell you that the sewing on the covers is completely separate from the binding. -Rhonda