Videos/animations on the history of the book

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'How a Book is Made: AD 400 vs. 1947 vs. 1961 vs. 2011'
A brief history of the bound book throughout the years, in four short illustrative films (despite some historical inaccuracies).

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The mystery of the art of printing in the Netherlands
On the myth of the invention of printing by Laurens Janszoon Coster (in Dutch only).

Making books
Educational film produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films (1947).
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Wooden printing press
Animation showing the working of a wooden printing press. By G.J. Post van der Molen and Theunis A. de Vreede, 2005 (in Dutch only).
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Disappearing acts: printing with letterpress
Traditional techniques at the Hand and Eye letterpress printshop.
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Printing press at the Museum Plantin-Moretus
A demonstration of the printing process on a replica of a 17th-century printing press.

Woodcut printing 1450-1520
A demonstration of woodcut printing, showing how printmaker/artist Anne Desmet copies a sheet of playing cards from the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum (2009).
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Printmaking processes: lithography
A demonstration of the lithography process, from the drawing on a stone with a greasy crayon until the final result (2008).
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Typesetting: Linotype
Mechanical typesetting at the Salesian Vocational and Technical Schools, Italy (c. 1960).
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Typecasting
Short animation showing the process of typecasting. By G.J. Post van der Molen, 2003.
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Typecasting at the Museum Plantin-Moretus
A demonstration given by Guy Hutsebaut on 3 May 2007.
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