The detailed engraving of a c.1700 Dutch bookbinder shows a binder standing at a post beating folded quires. An early English bookbinding manual advises the binder, when performing this task, to ‘keep his legs close together to avoid hernia’.
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The detailed engraving of a c.1700 Dutch bookbinder shows a binder standing at a post beating folded quires. An early English bookbinding manual advises the binder, when performing this task, to ‘keep his legs close together to avoid hernia’.