Thursday, July 25, 2013

New Book Press

Yesterday I bought a really good and very heavy bookpress. The press has been manufactured
by Karl Krause from Leipzig - Germany. This company was founded in 1855 and has been very
important for the development of bookbinding. Karl Krause invented new devices for stack cutting, book presses and cardboard scissors.
Unfortunately I can't find any information on the internet about H.B. Ydo Machinehandel, the Dutch firm that sold this press.

  




Information about Karl Krause:
http://www.buchbinderei-koester.de/de/news/details/2009-03-20_Maschinenbau+Karl+Krause,+ein+Wegbereiter+der+modernen+Buchbinderei.html

http://www.maschinenzoo.ch/index.php?/root/karl-krause/

4 comments:

  1. what do you think the weight is?

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    1. I don't know, but when we moved it ... it was a hell of a job :)

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  2. does anyone have more information on H.B. Ydo machinehandel | den Haag? Guus Vreeburg/Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam vreag@hr.nl

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    1. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything when I wrote this blogpost. Goodluck with your search!

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