While the industrialization of printing significantly lowered costs, manufacturers continued to reus
While the industrialization of printing significantly lowered costs, manufacturers continued to reuse material whenever possible. This case binding and text block show how waste paper was used as an integral part of the manufacturing process. In this instance the waste paper appears to have come from a book on poetry and a page of publisher’s advertisements.Images from:Annals of Oxford by John Cordy Jeaffreson. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871.Call Number: LF509 .J3 1871 V.1Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/3fozyeJ -- source link
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