Period Fine Bindings
Bookbinding, Conservation, and Restoration
Blog Posts
- The Art of Royal Book Binding
- Gilding a Royal Binding
- Bookbinding and Book Restoration
- Antiquarian Bookbinding
- Cambridge Panelled Calf Bindings
- Bible Book Binding
- Regional Angling Literature Limited Editions
- Bookbinding and Masonic Book Restoration
- Removing Foxing and Mildew
- Paper Conservation and Removing Ink Stains
- Paper Conservation and Water Stain Removal
- Paper Conservation and Repairing Paper Tears
- The Ninth Gate
- Magickal Grimoires by Paul Tronson
- The Grimoire of God
- The Avenging Angel Grimoire
- The Guardian Angel Grimoire
- The Necronomicon
- The Magick of Hermes, Moses and King Solomon
- The Tiffany Collection
- Edge Gilding
- Vellum Bindings
- Archangel and Bookbinding Grimoires
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 1
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 2
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 3
- The English Bookbinder: Irregular Newsletter No. 4
Paul Tronson – Master Bookbinder
Period Fine Bindings
email: paul@periodfinebindings.com
A Master Bookbinder – restoring antiquarian books, Bibles and objets de virtu to period using original tools and techniques.
An expert at creating and recreating authentic traditional bindings using old materials and ancient formulae. Significant & considerable experience in the restoration of ‘lost’ or ‘fatally’ damaged work from the 10th to 19th Century; vellum, parchment, illuminated manuscripts and scrolls.
Category: Blog Posts
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These Grimoires are commissioned by clients to me and are created to the personality of the client. All the materials are hand made by myself including veg tanning the skins….each skin takes 2 years to cure,…..fermenting the dyes from plant extracts, hand marbling paper to period designs etc….and all the work is carried out in…
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Nine Gates to the Kingdom of Shadows. Nonus Porta…..Probably the finest version of the Ninth Gate….Ever! This site is regularly updated The Nonus Porta is not a shelf item you can buy, but is hand made for commissions only, using 17thC techniques and hand made materials that will hold true for as many centuries as…
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Of course water and severe damp can leave a nasty edge called a “tidemark” this can be just as difficult to remove especially if the book is rare and has the provenance of being written on by someone famous (tut tut) the writing medium would need to be “fixed” to the paper before the operation…
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Removing Ink Stains This content was first published April 17 2007, and updated January 2018 Ink stains happen by a variety of different ways, accidental spills, a child with a biro, or a stamp happy librarian or bookseller (you would think they of all people would know better).But fortunately it doesn’t matter how long the…
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This site is regularly updated From my own research and study I have found there are 4 primary different mildew spores ( we Brits call it mildew, other conservators refer to it as “mould” or the US spelling “mold”) that cause foxing and each reacts in a different way. The first formula I invented in…
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Bookbinding & Masonic Book Restoration by Paul Tronson – Master Bookbinder This site is regularly updated Paul Tronson is a Master Bookbinder who restores antiquarian books to period using traditional materials – hand-made to exacting formulae as his work here shows. Paul has also restored many rare and valuable Lodge Bibles and demonstrates in his…
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Content originally published January 10, 2005 This site is updated every year. Bookbinding & Limited Editions – Regional Angling Literature by Ronald Coleby Angling GeniusTwenty five years ago in 1979, Ronald Coleby published a limited edition of five hundred copies of the Regional Angling Literature. On the reverse of the title page it stated that…
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