How 400-Year-Old Books Are Professionally Restored
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 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....
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.
Yeah, but the book asked for it.
I am a bookbinder, though not a restorer. That was not random 'hammering', it was very precise and for a specific purpose. Backing a book, getting the curve of the spine right, is nowhere near as easy as he makes it look.
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 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
I am not a fan of the cover style but the whole process is simply amazing, bookbinding is such a fascinating art!
Very cool! To those criticizing the final look, almost certainly the client requested it look that way.
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.
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.
I was thinking the same thing. I highly expected each page to be cleaned, treated, and pressed flat before being put together again! I also expected for the title of the book to be put on the spine. But alas!
Still though it was very pretty work! And the gentleman who was doing the restoration had obvious skill!
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.
The skill of the book binder is amazing.
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
Wonderful, do you have a video of your work? Do you provide restoration services worldwide? Thanks
@@benhassan11 no unfortunately, I working in National Library
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.
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 😂
My favorite part was where they said it was made out of vegetable skin.
I like watching people excel in their hobbies. Beyond excel, even. You can see their physical changes. In this situation; you can see his wider finger tips for intricate grip and slender fingers to help with precision
You can tell this man really knows what he's doing. The level of attention to detail is impressive!
They didn't even properly clean the book.
@@Soldier4USA2005 Hm, okay. What additional steps to clean should have been taken, in your opinion?
@@treeleaf7808 Are you actually asking, or are you being patronizing?
@@Soldier4USA2005 Actually asking
@@treeleaf7808 I'm not an expert in the field of book restoration, but I have done my share of repairing and restoring leather over the past 20 years and this "restoration" barely was one.
Was recovering the book detailed and requiring of skill? Yes.
Was the book as whole restored? No.
The pages are still stained, damaged along the edge, and not separated to each individual page to look for even more damage ... let alone repair it.
And when the cover was "restored", they added assumed visual styles and intentionally had mis-alligned and oddly shaped leather strips. And the intentionally oddly cut edges were for style as well.
They had to be, or the guy doing the work couldn't hold the knife straight AT ALL....which begs the question as to why he's doing it in the first place.
In short, this would be like saying they restored a 1969 Shelby GT-500 by removing all the body parts, replacing them with misaligned ones, repainting it all, then putting it all back on without ever having touched the interior or the engine compartment.
I could keep going, but hopefully you get the point.
If you want to watch a really good example of what restoration actually looks like, check out Baumgartner Restoration. He does paintings in their various forms, but the man is a wizard in the field.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching that but would of loved to have had more explained.
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
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.
Manual artisan work is always amazing to watch, specially with books
I really appreciate the comments that give credit and honor to the work, even if the style is not necessarily their taste.
He reminds me a japanese gardener...All these people have a special place in heaven!
This book restoration video is like a mesmerizing art show! 📚🎨
After 36 years in book printing and binding I found this video amazing. As a BMO ( Bindery Machine Operator) apprentice graduate (RRD) I learned to run over 24 different pieces of bindery and decorating equipment from the start of the process to the final packaging. Recently I retired, and I do miss it.
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.
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.
I found this whole video so interesting. I was enthralled from beginning until the end. Thank you so much.
I've always wanted to do this. But wow, it must take years to perfect. Beautiful job Mr. Artisan.
A job well done
Real craftsmanship must be preserved
And passed to the next generation
I could watch someone do this for hours
Though different type of work, I would recommend Baungarndner Restoration (spelling?) who Bob Ross's his way through art restorations. Excellent to chill out to and watch or fall asleep to.
@@NickGreyden thank you!
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!
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?
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.
... and this was an unusually sloppy and hurried renovation.
This is fascinating. I am incredibly impressed and fascinated with the process!
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
Jasper stop trying to be smart. You've already been roasted in the other comments.
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😅
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.
He makes it look so easy.
I think it looks absolutely stunning.
Fascinating process, beautiful craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing this with us 👍from California.
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.
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.
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
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 would not call this a restoration at all, its more of a rebuild since there was nothing of the cover being restored. But that is amazing talent on display!
I've done this before on books that were made around year 1900. Very satisfying bringing a book back to how it should be.
¡Maravilloso trabajo, Maestro!
Gracias por compartirlo.
I cant imagine anyone saying books arent worth to be restored. One solid solar flare and goodbye internet.
14:50 I love seeing all his little extra stuff laying on top of the press
Bellissimo lavoro, il presente è vita.
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 :)
I've made a number of books using _somewhat_ similar methods. But my books are limited to what I can print on a letter-sized (~A4) page, lol. It was fascinating watching a master work on such a large piece with _real_ tools and equipment.
Pred 30 lety jsrm se vyučil knihařem. Rád vidím toto krásné remeslo. Jsem spokojený s vysledkem prace tohoto muže. 👍🙂 Pavel 🇨🇿
You Sir are an artist!
Bu gerçekten saygıyı hak eden bir işçilik. Saygı duydum, elinize sağlık.
Commendable efforts to revive the historic literatures
Incredible! Just Incredible. As a lover of books, this is very satisfying to watch.
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.
Yet ironically, MANY MANY more books would be restored if more people had the means to afford it. 🙄 Stop kissing azz.
Preserving history in the best way possible.
Nananananana. El laburo y la dedicación es de otro planeta ❤ nunca vi una restauración.
Truly a very interesting process.
AA master craftsman indeed!
I appreciate the ASMR aspect of the video, but a little more explanation of what's going on in each step would be helpful.
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
Thank you for sharing. Learned a lot.
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.
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.☺
Restoration is an amazing art form itself. I'm only just now getting to understand the mastery of it all.
Que impresionante restauración le hicieron a ese libro.
This was fascinating, so interesting to watch. Can you let me know what the book was about as I’m intrigued by the design on the cover and what it means. Thank you!
I wish I grew up in a place where work like this was available.
My dad used to do this. I would always help him sew the pages.
A labor of love to be sure. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day.l
Fascinating and brilliant to watch.
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!!! )
fascinating indeed. how long did the process take? and whats the name of the book?
Truly interesting.
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.😊
Fantastic.
That was a great video, I love to watch other crafters at work! I wish I could give a double thumbs up for the audio mixing: finally, a documentary that doesn't play music throughout the whole narration! This is really important for people with a hearing problem or sensory processing issues.
Over 10% of people have hearing problems or sensory processing issues (tinnitus, autism, certain forms of hearing loss, AD(H)D, etc.). These conditions cause filtering issues: the narration and music blend into a jumbled mess. You really need to focus to pick out the words, or it just doesn't process at all and you'll have to mute it and rely on subs only. (It's like being at a family reunion where someone decided to give the kids musical toys. You may catch some of what your conversation partner is saying, but it's very tiring because you have to focus so much.)
As a documentary lover with tinnitus and autism it's difficult to find a good video: many documentaries use too much music. I've had to skip many interesting channels just because of their audio mixing. It was super relaxing to watch this video, and I'm looking forward to more!
I am wondering if, while the paragraphs were loose, they were scanned?
There is already a scan of the content online.
Absolutely marvelous!! Thanks for sharing!
With all the old tools, ancient scissors and an ACTUAL quill - the smartwatch was a bit of a jump scare
"Every step is meticulously planned" *Shoves the scissors inside the old pages* 1:38 💀💀💀
Awesome 👏👏👏👏🇬🇧
I need one of that big rule for my bookbinding. I’m tired of smaller rules.
Interesting video. When I was in high school, back in the stone age, my job was to repair and recover badly damaged library books, but nothing even close to this extent.
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 love this video .....❤
This was awesome,thank you for sharing,amazing
Man I sure hope they took super high definition pictures of each page so that it can be accessed more safely than via the actual book.
That’s a wizards book if I’ve ever seen one!
Very good video to learn some details. Thank you!
Interesting choice for the cover I guess.. :|
Love this
Very interesting to watch 👍
At first i thought he was using a cat paw to apply glue lol, anyways very good joob.
It looks like the Necronomicon from Evil Dead.
$100k binding for a million dollar antique text. What amazing technique and artistic skill!
28:20 - is that just real gold and heat to stick it to the leather? or is there any other glue involved which i missed?