Handboekbinderij J.J. Camps
Bindery & Restoration
Where art meets Craft!
Since 1988 Handboekbinderij - Restauratieatelier J.-J. Camps specialises in binding and rebinding, repairing, restoring and conservating books, paper, leather and parchment. We deliver these services on manuscripts, private press books, everyday printing works for musea, archives as well for private clients. Beside these activities we run a antiquarian bookshop where we present our fine bindings, restored bindings and copies of classic designs.
Under this title, Ingela Dierick, Geert Stevens, and Jan Camps imposed on themselves the restriction of creating either super small or oversized bookbindings, while giving themselves free rein in terms of techniques and material choices.
Binding based on the work of the “Fugger binder” or “Venetian Apple Binder” active in Venice between 1540 and 1560.
A headcap, a cap with core, a turned back headcap and a Coiffe Lyonnaise.
When executing a restoration we try to preserve as much as possible of the original headbands.
We worked on the book “Beschouwende en werkdadige Hovenier – Konst of Inleiding tot de waare oeffening der Planten” van Johann Hermann Knoop, uitgegeven “Te Leeuwarden, gedrukt by Abraham Ferwerda, 1753”.
Master Boucicaut is the name given to the miniaturist who created the "Livre d'heure of Sir Boucicaut" and who worked in Paris between 1405-1430.
"Oneindige mogelijkheden van begrenzing" an overview of 50 of our creations as we presented them in 2013.