TIL that before the 1820s most books were sold as loose sheets and you paid a binder separately, which explains why my great grandma's cookbook has a totally different cover than the text block

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TIL that before the 1820s most books were sold as loose sheets and you paid a binder separately, which explains why my great grandma's cookbook has a totally different cover than the text block | Bookbinders - Pinecone Attack