A female bookbinder applies gold foil to the letters of a title on the spine of a book cover she is making at a bookbinding school in Ascona in the Ticino region of Switzerland. An institute named Centro del Bel Libro Ascona features a Department of Bookbinding and Design that draws students from many countries who learn the traditional way of binding books.


A female bookbinder applies gold foil to the letters of a title on the spine of a book cover she is making at a bookbinding school in Ascona in the Ticino region of Switzerland. An institute named Centro del Bel Libro Ascona features a Department of Bookbinding and Design that draws students from many countries who learn the traditional way of binding books.


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Location: Ascona, Ticino region, Switzerland, Europe
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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