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A family of bookbinders in Germany and Europe – additions to the Röllig estate

Diary and photographs from the Röllig collection

The German Museum of Books and Writing has expanded its collections on the social history of the book trade thanks to a generous donation from the collection of memorabilia on the bookbinder family Röllig.

The Röllig family worked as bookbinders in Saxon Switzerland for several generations, during which they amassed a small but impressive collection of books. This collection spans a period of 150 years and provides an insight into the fate of a family of artisans working in the book trade, from the journeymen’s travels through Europe and the development of educated middle-class lifestyles to World War I. The collection is rounded off by 120 other documents that testify, for example, to the training that a bookbinder had to undergo, the advertising used to promote the family business, and the prevailing spirit of the times (e.g. a report on the first railway). These examples give a detailed impression of the path followed by a family of bookbinders through to modern times.

Diary and photographs from the Röllig collection Photo: DNB, Emma Mamerow / Christine Hartmann

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Diary and photographs from the Röllig collection

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  1. Lessons learned at the museum – the digital programme of the German Museum of Books and Writing
  2. Digital access to the St. Elizabeth manuscript
  3. Unique image sources for front-line book shops
  4. KI-Box
  5. Information – a raw material? Data fuelling station at the German Museum of Books and Writing
  6. Books in the third dimension - Museum acquires a collection of kinetic books
  7. KlingKlang – sounds from media history
  8. Book bags – The collection of publisher Mark Lehmstedt
  9. A family of bookbinders in Germany and Europe – additions to the Röllig estate
  10. Pre-mortem legacy from Hans Ticha
  11. Open! Stories from the German Museum of Books and Writing
  12. 75 years on... digitisation project “Digital Historic Book Collection”

Last changes: 22.04.2021
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