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You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover
The exhibition You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover celebrates the variety and beauty of the art of bookbinding with 33 different interpretations of the same book by a group of distinguished and talented bookbinders.
Together these 33 books highlight a wide spectrum of celebrated 20th-century bookbinding artists and the artistry of the miniature book.
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