Describing a book that has been bound together by hand rather than by machine, often indicating craftsmanship and quality.
From hand + bound (past participle of bind), a compound adjective emphasizing the manual, artisanal nature of the binding process.
In the age of mass production, handbound books have become luxury items—yet before the industrial revolution, every book was handbound, meaning your grandparents considered the care of a book's binding as important as its content.
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