Bindery
![Wooden laying press holding a book being worked on.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Layingpress13641.jpg")
![Racks of brass tools and a finishing stove beneath.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Brasstools13641.jpg")
Bindery refers to a studio, workshop or factory where sheets of (usually) paper are fastened together to make books, but also where gold and other decorative elements are added to the exterior of books, where boxes or slipcases for books are made and where the restoration of books is carried out.