Chapter III · On Craft & Longevity
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Hand-sewn spines live four hundred years.
Perfect-bound spines, forty.
100%
75%
50%
25%
0%
SURVIVAL RATE AT 100-YEAR MARK
94%
67%
23%
11%
HAND-SEWN
CASE-BOUND
PERFECT-BOUND
SADDLE-STITCHED
Source: Archivio Dorso Antico · 12,000-volume conservation survey, 2023
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