Evolution of Book Making

The earliest writing we have are drawings from ancient cultures. Made with paints mixed from various sources, men wanted to document their lives, their journeys, their experiences. in a sense they became immortal through the things they drew on cave walls, on pottery pieces, bronze vessels, animals bones, and on clay tablets.

The list below is a short chronology of the evolution towards the type, paper, and binding of books:

Clay Tablets

Wax Tablets

Papyrus Scrolls

Parchment Manuscripts (animal skins)

Codices

Woodblocks

Paper

Printing Press

Printing Companies

Various Types of Paper:

1. art

2. wax

3. vellum

4. tissue

5. blotting

6. tracing

7. cardstock

8. construction

9. newsprint

list sources

• https://www.walsworth.com/blog/history-of-book-printing

• https://totallyhistoric.com/wtf-is-parchment/#:~:text=Replacing%20Papyrus,it%20was%20smoother%20than%20papyrus.

• https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/the-beginnings-of-the-codex

• https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-massmedia/chapter/3-2-history-of-books/

• https://www.deskera.com/blog/different-types-of-papers-and-their-uses/#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20most%20commonly,tracing%20paper%2C%20and%20parchment%20paper.