{"id":5410,"date":"2014-03-17T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T02:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2014-03-24T19:46:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T02:46:01","slug":"a-variation-on-the-dos-a-dos-binding-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/17\/a-variation-on-the-dos-a-dos-binding-format\/","title":{"rendered":"A variation on the dos-\u00e0-dos binding format"},"content":{"rendered":"

from VISUAL NEWS<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A Very Rare Book Opens 6 Different Ways, Reveals 6 Different Books<\/h1>\n
POSTED BY\u00a0BENJAMIN STARR<\/a><\/div>\n

\"6-way-book\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Book binding has seen many variations, from the iconic Penguin paperbacks to highly unusual examples like this from late 16th century Germany.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s a variation on the\u00a0dos-\u00e0-dos binding<\/a>\u00a0format\u00a0(from the French meaning \u201cback-to-back\u201d). Here however, the book opens six different directions, each way revealing a different book. It seems that everyone has a tablet or a Kindle tucked away in their bag (even my 90 year old grandma), and so it sometimes comes as a surprise to remember the craftsmanship that once went along with reading.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO\u00a0HOME SWEET TOME: A HOUSE CUT INTO A BOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

The book, which comes from the Rogge Library in Str\u00e4ngn\u00e4s, features devotional texts printed in Germany during the 1550s and 1570s (including\u00a0Martin Luther\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Der kleine Catechismus). Each of the books is held closed with its own ornate metal clasp, and was probably far more decorative than useful. Just imagine finding where you left off! See more images of this book and other rare examples on the\u00a0National Library of Sweden\u2019s Flickr page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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from VISUAL NEWS A Very Rare Book Opens 6 Different Ways, Reveals 6 Different Books POSTED BY\u00a0BENJAMIN STARR Book binding has seen many variations, from the iconic Penguin paperbacks to highly unusual examples like this from late 16th century Germany.\u00a0It\u2019s a variation on the\u00a0dos-\u00e0-dos binding\u00a0format\u00a0(from the French meaning \u201cback-to-back\u201d). Here however, the book opens six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}