Beautiful Bookbinding

'The Binder' [H Haas]
Sheep and goat skin parchment
Bound by P Schrijen, 1983





'Das Unheimliche Buch'
Morocco leather
Bound by Karl Ebert, 1914





'Contes de Perrault'
Beige calf and black morocco leather
Bound by Henri Creuzevault, 1950





'Book of Ruth'
Morocco leather
Bound by Michel Marius, 1880





'The Song of Solomon'
Silverfoil and morocco leather
Bound by KT Miura, 1987





'Cowper's Poetical Works'
Goat skin and red maple wood
Binder unknown, 1874





'Tulips and Tulipomania'
Morocco leather
Bound by Jean Gunner, 1982 (USA)





'New Testament'
Silver metal on black leather
Binder unknown, 1710





'The Bible'
Sharkskin and silver metal-ware
Binder unknown, 1775






'Book of Hours of Catherine de Medici'
Black morocco leather and plated enamel locks
Binder unknown, 1565





'Augustine and Heinrich manuscript'
Calf leather and brass
Binder unknown, 1440-1460





'Notebook' [of some sort]
Embroidered silk
Binder unknown, 1775 (France)





'Religious Devotional' [of some sort]
Painted parchment
Bound by Christian Engelmann, 1715 Germany



The Memory of The Netherlands site has digitised a representative sampling of one thousand book bindings from the holdings of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal National Library of The Netherlands). The collection includes luxurious hand-made binding examples from over 800 years up to the 21st century. Except where stated, all book bindings above were produced in Holland.
Previously vaguely related: bookart. [via Het Archiefforum]