Conservators study one of the large volumes

The rebinding of Audubon’s 'Birds of America'

The oversize volumes required a team of bookbinders

Finishing

The final process was ‘finishing’ – the decoration and titling of the covers using heated brass tools. This requires both considerable pressure and accuracy.

The original binding’s design was followed as closely as possible in a combination of gold and ‘blind’ (where gold is not added) tooling.


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