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Book rebinding is the renewal or replacement of the cover of a book. Typically, this requires restitching or renewal of the glue which holds the pages in place. Libraries may rebind books for durability or archival purposes, or for repair. Collectors of antique books such as

incunabula In the history of printing, an incunable or incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively), is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. Incunabula were pro ...

have often had items rebound. This might be done to improve their appearance by rebinding in a more fashionable colour or to assert ownership by having the book rebound in uniform covers which were stamped with an insignia such as a coat of arms. One prominent collector who had this done was Earl Spencer. For example, when he acquired a medieval

psalter A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of hours in the Late Middle Ages, psalters we ...

of 1457, which was bound in pigskin on wooden boards, he had it rebound in mauve velvet over cardboard. The

Bodelian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second- ...

rebound additions to its collection for functional reasons—to indicate value and importance. The

Bibliothèque nationale de France The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...

requested 6600 francs for bookbinding in the eighth year of the revolutionary calendar, "those which come from our conquests in Germany and Italy, and while infinitely precious, they have arrived to us in a deplorable state".

Notable examples

Birds of America

The four-volume copy of Audubon's '' Birds of America'' held in the

Royal Collection The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...

was rebound in 2011 by conservators at Windsor Castle. The volumes are especially large and heavy, being printed on

double elephant The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf, or sometimes the height and width of its cover. A series of terms is commonly used by libraries and publishers for the general sizes of modern books, ranging from ...

paper of about 50 by 28 inches, and weighing over 50 pounds. The plates, which were published loose, had been originally bound by the royal bookbinder, James Mackenzie, around 1840. That leather cover had perished and the tight sewing of the pages made viewing difficult as the pages might tear. The rebinding was done in nine stages: :# the volumes were taken apart by cutting away the spine, cords, and stitching, and removing the glue :# the plates were separated, cleaned, repaired and pressed flat :# paper guards were added to the spinal edge of the plates—strips of paper which would bear the new sewing :# the plates were grouped into sections of four which were then sewn to linen tapes :# the spines of the plates assembled for a volume were then rounded by beating with a hammer :# new headbands of linen-covered vellum were added :# new covers were made in the original style—boards covered with book cloth and leather reinforcement on the spine and corners :# the original pastedowns and endpapers of marbled paper were restored for the inside of the cover :# the leather of the cover was then tooled with hot brass and gold leaf to restore the titles and decoration in the style of the original binding

Notable examples

Birds of America

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