A book of books
A similar book by the same artist
Back of the book
Daniel Ellig, who made these books, says
Often I use old bibles with exceptionally thin paper, which has a nice drape and flow. One of my favorite things about bookbinders is listening to them justify tearing up old books. I don't have much of a problem with this, because the books I alter are not rare, and they've lived their lives. Bookbineders have been recycling books for 2000 years. In some of the first Coptic books, wood was scarce, and the binders would take old papyrus scrolls and laminate many layers together to make book covers that are close to an inch thick.The picture I really want to show I can't find anywhere. It's another book of this guy's, where he bound 6 or 7 books of all different page-sizes onto one spine, in one set of covers. A literal book of books.
Recursion.
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