Making a Book in 1836

The papermaker and the bookbinder, 1836The Princeton University Library blog has a nice post of illustrations from a book in their collection, Edward Hazen’s The Panorama of Professions and Trades, or, Every Man’s Book. It includes the illustration above, as well as the entire process of making abook from “The Author” to “The Type-Founder” to “The Bookseller”. See them all here. The entire book is available to view online here.