"As the exhibition emphasizes, the form of the European book could not have happened without the trade of natural materials to Europe from different parts of the globe – primarily Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives/2023/04/19/how-artistic-traditions-and-natural-materials-combined-to-form-the-modern-book/ #Books #Bookstodon #History #Histodons #bookbinding

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