A bejeweled tome in the "Nature of the Book" exhibition, which focuses on hand-press bookmaking before modern publishing.(Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)"Nature of the Book," a new exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C., dives into an offbeat history of books, focusing on long-ago artisans' use of natural items such as leather, flax, lead and even semiprecious jewels to create tomes.
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