How 400-Year-Old Books Are Professionally Restored | Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
- The delicate and intricate restoration process of a very old book. Watch this ASMR restoration video of a true artisan at work with decades of experience.
Artisan: www.rooksbooks.com/
I tried to emulate this master, but as soon as I applied glue, my Kindle stopped working.
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Your kindle must be defective. I bound mine this way and I’m sure it’s as good as the day I shelved it!
Brilliant
Another restoration that isn't a restoration, but a renovation. Restoration would be restoring it to it's original appearance. That said, I firmly believe that anything that puts a book back into readable condition is a good thing!
I don't think it's either, though: it's a rebinding.
I'm not fond of the cover. But the craftsmanship is pretty good.
*lips blubbering*
@@superslammer I don't like the cover either. I don't get it at all, but it's still a beautiful job.
It may be that knowing the title and the story behind the design would warm us up to the design of the new binding.
I am not a fan of the cover style but the whole process is simply amazing, bookbinding is such a fascinating art!
These comments are very interesting, even though I am not an expert, I do know the difference between a demonstration and a tutorial. Personally I loved this.
Our artisan treats it gently, immediately begins hitting it with a hammer. LOL. Love this video.
Haha, yes, I thought that was funny timing too -- just as narrator says that the 🔨 hammer comes out, whack! But, even hammers can be gentle.
Hello I'm watching you from Tirana Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱,I do the same work as you,I work in restaurtion of books since 1985,till now, want to thank you for sharing this video and for your time
I'm watching him crush the book several times and find myself muttering "squish that book. You gotta squish. that. book." I noticed the pages were not washed to reduce the yellowing on this one. Kinda sad that step wasn't done. It's always satisfying to watch.
Giving that this is very likely to be a commissioned job, maybe the aged look is requested by the customer. Which I doubt is a good choice because the book might not last as long, but maybe the customer is on a tight budget, or maybe it's just a taste thing.
Interesting restoration process, surprising final design aesthetics , was not expecting a wizard book.
Since the pages were not fixable, he gave the cover that look to match it. I guess.
I was thinking it looks like it belongs in the library at Hogwarts.
Very cool! To those criticizing the final look, almost certainly the client requested it look that way.
You can tell this man really knows what he's doing. The level of attention to detail is impressive!
The skill of the book binder is amazing.
I could watch someone do this for hours
7:07 “The repair worker then uses a conservation grade scissor and carefully makes a cut that can later be reversed by future conservators”
Lmao, I saw this comment before that part of the video, and almost thought it was real 😂
I read it with Julian's voice 😂
I really appreciate the comments that give credit and honor to the work, even if the style is not necessarily their taste.
This book restoration video is like a mesmerizing art show! 📚🎨
Im worried his scissors arent big enough to handle the task of cutting those threads.
Those weren’t scissors, they were shears.
@@JasperJanssencan we not agree sheers are specialized scissors
Those who make rude comments here, shame. This video allows you to witness the careful restoring of a very old book so that it can last another hundred years or more and you are only interested in bullying the whole process. You are missing the point of the informative information. It is very relaxing and I hope this craft never fades.
I agree
The book can't be that old, or valuable, if he is touching it bare handed. Skin oils would destroy the paper.
@@even1313 It must be valuable enough to justify this expensive treatment.
@@drucker03 Yeah, they're making a lot of money from youtube views and ads.
@@even1313 I think most people overestimate what you can earn with such a video.
There's always someone who will critcise from an armchair, and anyone can buy an expensive car and put it on the drive to impress the neighbours. Not for me - only skills and abilities that are beyond my experience impress me. My interests are related to wood, but there are many facets within that medium that are beyond my meagre skills such as fine marquetry and inlaying. Those are the kind of skills that impress me. Respect to this craftsman.
Manual artisan work is always amazing to watch, specially with books
The amount of work involved was quite surprising. So many different steps in the process and so much glue! I do wonder what the thought was in picking that rather odd cover. A very interesting process even so.
Bookbinding --- at any level, any type of stich --- is super time consuming. I learned the basics in art school, but rarely actually make new books. Why? Because I can't decide which intensive route to go. Lol.
Because it’s what the person wanted.
@LeesaDeAndrea - You don't know what the book is about. That would have definitely influences the commissioner's cover choice.
Very interesting. Thank you. I can't say I'm enamoured with the covers, and if it were my volume I'd have preferred a simple plain look. But I imagine the customer / owner had the last word!
As a book lover, this was fascinating to me.
So do I, still want to trace the book title though... I am curious what he was working on. The patient should not be forgotten when applying the treatment.
I've always wanted to do this. But wow, it must take years to perfect. Beautiful job Mr. Artisan.
I found this whole video so interesting. I was enthralled from beginning until the end. Thank you so much.
A job well done
Real craftsmanship must be preserved
And passed to the next generation
Gooood morning from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!
Good evening from northwest central Alberta Canada hope you get yourself some good rest down there.
Hello from Australia. Stop running our country with your trash countries media influence.
But i do hope you have a great day, it's not people problem.
@DavidDavis-fishing - Tell the gubernatorial administration down there to stop banning books.
Not sure I liked the sculptured edges or the tear effect on the faces but the quality of the workmanship cannot be denied.
One thing that stood out for me was the "wastage" of the covering leather - amateurs like me would save every inch, a professional doesn't have to bother!
Time is money to a professional.
Bookbinding quality goatskin is really expensive, but it’s nothing compared to the cost of the time of the artisan. I once asked a professional bookbinder about material costs, and I got one of those “Don’t be silly” looks. I was trying to learn the craft, and hadn’t become good enough to charge for my work. Therefore buying expensive materials on which to make all my mistakes was a really big factor! Thankfully I managed to find a bookbinding club, where they were very friendly and helpful. And we shared resources.
What a fabulous skill to have. Every moment of this video was wonderful. I didn't realize so much went into the restoration of a book.
This is fascinating. I am incredibly impressed and fascinated with the process!
The rebonding was carefully and well done, but the final look was awful, I don't think they did the book justice. Looks like a Disney land wizard book
Totally agree, beautiful craftsmanship, shitty aesthetics.
Final appearance of the book almost certainly follows the book owners instructions - The customer is always right!
The binding and final look is entirely true to the era when the book was first published. If you visit any old European library, you will see row upon row of books in this style. Where do you think Disney got his his inspiration from? He just bastardised old European tales.
@@nrml76well, no, not really. This is a 100 year old book by the title, meaning early 20th, and the binding style is more 17th to 18th century.
That said the pages looked more mid 19th than early 20th.
Good thing it’s not your book then
18:34. there are better ways to case leather. It should be moistened and then left overnight in a poly bag then brought out and left until the surface appears dry. Then apply the embossing and leave to dry completely. That way you get a far crisper result. It just takes a bit of planning.
(Leatherworker of nearly 40 years)
Are you also a book binder and restorer?
As a traditional bookbinder myself of over forty years I would not be surprised if my client demanded their deposit back for such work ! .
I always loved bookbinding, I tried it a couple times making small notebooks for myself, if I had more materials I would love to be able to master this ability like this professional!! I love his work, he makes the whole process with such grace and expertise he makes it look so easy
Years of skill, thats what makes them so good, it looked effortless quite the opposite, so many years of hard work to get to that level of skill and the way they make its look so easy is a testament to this mans skills, do not know why people have to be so crytical is beyond me, I think it looks lovely and unique, thank you for sharing.
You Sir are an artist!
Truly a very interesting process.
Absolutely marvelous!! Thanks for sharing!
Commendable efforts to revive the historic literatures
i dont understand why the huge scissors or the feather on a pen.
this is not a restoration video. So the elements have nothing to do with a real restoration process.
Wonderful craftsmanship! I enjoyed watching
Fascinating and brilliant to watch.
Fascinating process, beautiful craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing this with us 👍from California.
¡Maravilloso trabajo, Maestro!
Gracias por compartirlo.
Preserving history in the best way possible.
Incredible! Just Incredible. As a lover of books, this is very satisfying to watch.
Its sad that so many of these old craftsmen and their knowledge are just going to disappear. Eventually we'll no longer have anyone who can do this.
And i came to see him precisely tape a ripped page. That was never shown. Interesting process. Careful work, except tosses his shears into the delicate pages he's working on! Fun to watch, in spite of the comments. Not a book binder so i don't care about parsing words. Whatever the result, that is between him and the customer.
I think it's kinda misleading that the title says, "how this is restored," but doesn’t *actually* tell us how it's restored or what's going on
A bit misleading alluding to this being a 100 year old book. It's clearly far older than that.
Tbh bro kept yapping imo
It wasn't a tutorial, just a glimpse into the world
With all the old tools, ancient scissors and an ACTUAL quill - the smartwatch was a bit of a jump scare
Interesting choice for the cover I guess.. :|
AA master craftsman indeed!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your craftsmanship. It was amazing. I had no idea what goes into book binding especially restoring an old book. Thanx for sharing 👏 😊 GBU
I thoroughly enjoyed watching that but would of loved to have had more explained.
Pred 30 lety jsrm se vyučil knihařem. Rád vidím toto krásné remeslo. Jsem spokojený s vysledkem prace tohoto muže. 👍🙂 Pavel 🇨🇿
I could watch this type of video all day. Makes me wish I had taken up bookbinding, I think I would've been good at it tbh.
That said, I don't like or understand the cover, but it's beautiful work all the same.☺
Bellissimo lavoro, il presente è vita.
Great job!
Very good video to learn some details. Thank you!
Restoration is an amazing art form itself. I'm only just now getting to understand the mastery of it all.
Beautifully done! And to think books from the 1910's and early 1920's are over 100 years old! That leaves so many books to require such talents and work :)
Bu gerçekten saygıyı hak eden bir işçilik. Saygı duydum, elinize sağlık.
I need one of that big rule for my bookbinding. I’m tired of smaller rules.
Many people are down on rich people, but it's an extremely rich person with a passion for old books that pays for this.
Thank you.
This was awesome,thank you for sharing,amazing
Que impresionante restauración le hicieron a ese libro.
Wow! That's an amazing process to bring this 400
year old book back to life.
Was it the same glue you used all the time or were they different kinds? Are they animal clues? Was the book put in a freezer to kill the mold? What kind of a textbook is it? From the cover, I'm thinking a history book.😊
lovely job
Truly interesting.
A labor of love to be sure. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day.l
Is it really restoration when the restorer takes artistic liberties? Wouldn’t a true restoration process attempt to make the object as close to the original as possible?
Yes, but 1. This is an archival restoration that is supposed to be reversible as mentioned near the beginning, and 2. If you could please share with us what the original binding looked like - thanks in advance
@@bunkenator I think he or she wouldn't be able to tell. In the past books were sold in raw sheets and every owner let them bind according to his personal taste. The same book could have many different bindings and very different books in one private or public library could have the same binding.
@@drucker03 Thank you for the clarification. This is a trade i'd love to learn.
There was no original, or at least not one shown in this video. Only a text block without a binding.
(And it is indeed entirely possible that it was never properly bound. I am restoring a dictionary from 1821 - as practice rather than for any real reason - and that was clearly a loose text block that someone just glued a few pieces of scrap cardboard to (not even as big as the book block itself) rather than an actual book. And also the spine mostly and rear board was entirely missing. So yeah, after I restore the text block I will be making my own binding for it, in the style of early 19th C Dutch books, but I’m not gonna spend the world on it in time or money and I’m certainly not keeping the “original look”.)
@bunkenator whatever it looked like, I'm sure it didn't look like that monstrosity.
Very interesting to watch 👍
Fantastic.
Awesome 👏👏👏👏🇬🇧
Im in awe of the skill shown by the bookbinder 😮 I have one question though, is the voice over done by an AI? I find the sentence structure and tones of the voice to be a bit unsettling at times, like an AI would do😅
Love this
GREAT JOB, I Wished this video was around in the 80's when I tried to restore a Stephen King paperback ( well, at least the Elmer's Glue that I used is still holding up!!! )
Great video. Sorry, not to be pedantic, but this is not a restoration but a rebinding. :-)
Nice job, but I was also expecting to see the cleanliness of the pages from all the stains.
I am wondering if, while the paragraphs were loose, they were scanned?
There is already a scan of the content online.
I love this video .....❤
fascinating indeed. how long did the process take? and whats the name of the book?
antiqued book's repair
A stitch in time saves nine
Was expecting an actual restoration... one that would see those moldy and brown foxing stained pages cleaned and lain flat.
The binding appears nicely done but much can be said for the choice of cover and board edge treatment but I suppose that was all up to the customer.
Really should update the video description to be more accurate to the job done.
Hola, ojalá los subtítulos estuvieran activados, a día de hoy traducen bastante bien y me enteraría de todo pero bien video
@ventura6988 - Click the symbol at the bottom of the video that looks like a cog wheel. That is "Settings". Then look at caption options and choose "Auto translate".
I could totally spend the day doing this.. getting paid is just a bonus.
Amazing, fascinating and incredible.
But, I did not understand the cover style.
What's the name of the book? And why would you blurr it?
You have one for paper 3-400 years ago?
What is the glue he is using? Is. It simple library paste?
Does the technique work on books that are only 200 years old?
What a lot of careful and methodical work to renovate this old book with an ugly cover.
Why go to the effort of blurring out the book title? It's not as if it is still in copyright.
It's called Magical wands and where to find them
What was the point of blurring certain portions of the text?
The pages are in a pretty miserable shape for a 100 year old book. My father has multiple books that are that old and prestine compared to that. The feel and smell of these books are amazing
Is it intended as a movie prop?
So, what was the title of the book? What was the subject matter?
after watching a whole bunch of book making videos, i've concluded that they are mostly glue. everything else is just adjunct stuff.
Hello again,now I'm restorating a book from1659,it's a atlas.of a world
wow