History

The craft of Bookbinding developed with the advent of printing in the Fifteenth Century, when William Caxton and Guttenberg set up the first printing presses in Britain and Europe.

Although mechanisation has changed the way most books are bound today, bookbinding using traditional techniques has changed very little throughout history. The traditional craft still survives today in a few specialist workshops scattered throughout the world. One such workshop can be found in the unique village of Berrima, New South Wales.