Don Taylor

Bookbinder, book artist

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/WU52UCsB54

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Got a pretty crazy tree topper from @spumante_bambina the other day. Can’t wait to top our tree now. Sometime this weekend I suspect https://t.co/oNdeJ6DSSW

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/m8d1Z1rjpH

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Ahh! Back at #masseycollegebibliographyroom for the first time since the spring. And a selection of troubled bindings to attend to. Nothing could be finer. #bookbinding #bookrestoration https://t.co/f7lVx8UjVW

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Got Wisteria? It’s that time of year. Ours went berserk because Mary cut it way back last fall. Also bees! https://t.co/2Go3Fd5Yr7

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

This huge beauty from the #masseycollegebibliographyroom has it all. Ancient scripts, leather binding with lots of tooling, and edge gilding. Scroll through. You can’t miss the gauffering i#bookbinding #calligraphy https://t.co/RJNQSXtMwP

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Pen and Graver by Hermann Zapf. One of the many calligraphic treasures in the #masseycollegebibliographyroom #calligraphy https://t.co/vW7eEMtgio

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/0E6BXfGnRn

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

One of the treasures in the #masseycollegebibliographyroom It’s a little bit eye boggling up close especially if you page through the whole book. Here are a few pages. https://t.co/7rInZ8ZHum

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

From The Modern Boy. 1928. Books are so useful https://t.co/ZTsRxwuRFT

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Here he is. Bon ‘stache M. Chanat!
#bookbinding https://t.co/sZw9rKCK48

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

The Massey College Library has many obscure treasures. Here is one of them. Particularly love the cover drawing which is taken from an action photo of the author which appears in the text. #bookbinding https://t.co/uiHP2ZoYKF

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/Mk5tl3Rtd0

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/Jqc1uiFmY1

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

And a couple of samples from #literarumexarboribus #gaspereaupress #letterpress #woodtype https://t.co/nRox17xhp3

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Title page from the big and fab new work from #gaspereaupress #literarumexarboribus https://t.co/7PFixOQgcU

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Andrew printed the cover papers. #literarumexarboribus https://t.co/D1DQbjYlvD

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Here’s one standing up. #literarumexarboribus https://t.co/lhV4cYhr3d

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

I guess it’s safe to post this one now that they have been received safe and sound. Part of the edition of 30 copies of Literarum ex Arboribus from Gaspereau Press in Kentville Nova Scotia. COVID slowed us down but… https://t.co/venKZz2liU

[Don Taylor @dstbook]

Today the ever scratchy #spumantebambina discovered the #oddlysatisfying activity of scraping the crud off the gold stamping on a huge old family bible. Just watch her. Mmmm! #oddlysatisfyingvideo https://t.co/MeAko5rPFq