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SUMMARY:Studio Tour: Arno Werner Bookbinders
DESCRIPTION:To complement our current exhibit featuring Helen Anderson’s 
 book collection on calligraphy and illuminated manuscripts\, Witherle Memo
 rial Library is offering a one-hour studio tour to Arno Werner Bookbinders
 .\nPrivate transportation.  148 Hinkley Ridge Road\, Blue Hill (approxima
 tely 20 miles from Castine).\nLimited to 8 people. Registration required. 
 All are welcome.\n\nRequest a spot on the Tour.\nAbout the Tour\nMaster bo
 okbinder Peter Werner’s projects vary with the clients who can be dealer
 s\, collectors or individuals. The books can be a cherished family heirloo
 m\, a family Bible\, or a first edition Hemingway.\nOn this tour\, Peter w
 ill present the various tools and supplies employed by antiquarian bookbin
 ders.\nFeatured will be his work on binding the sets known as the “Lost 
 Gutenbergs”\, 128 two-volume sets of a 1961 facsimile printing of the Gu
 tenberg Bible published by Cooper Square Publishers in New York. While mos
 t of the 1000 total sets printed were bound using modern-day techniques an
 d sold into libraries\, museums and private collections\, these 128 sets w
 ere never bound. They weren’t even assembled. Instead\, the folded\, pri
 nted sheets were boxed up and placed in storage in the mid-1990s\, gradual
 ly getting moved\, forgotten and lost until the death of the owner.\nIn 20
 07\, they were purchased by book antiquarian Tim Yancey of Georgia\, who d
 ecided to have them bound in an historically authentic way so they would m
 ost accurately resemble the original Gutenberg Bibles printed in the 1450s
 . Through the small professional network of traditional bookbinders\, he e
 ventually connected with Peter Werner.\nPeter deals with the Bibles one se
 t at a time\, stacking the folded pages in order\, hand-sewing them with s
 trong linen thread\, then tying the sections together with thick linen cor
 ds that are looped through substantial\, beechwood cover boards. “The co
 ver boards are built like a cabinet door\, with mortise and tenon joints\,
  so they won’t warp\,” he said. The book is then covered with an elabo
 rately embossed\, alum-treated pigskin binding produced especially for thi
 s project. He fits each volume with authentic-to-the period leather straps
  and patterned brass “bosses” — raised knobs attached to the front a
 nd back covers to protect against rough surfaces. Each two-volume set take
 s him about 80 hours to finish.  (adapted from the BDN)
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