Adam Savage Learns The History of the Modern Book Cover

At the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco, Executive Director Anita Engles walks Adam through the history of the past two hundred years of book covers, progressing through the innovations that allowed publishers to add more design and flourish to their books and make them more eyecatching. Plus, Adam gets to try his hand at operating a gold foil embossing machine! Learn more about the American Bookbinders Museum at and Adam learns how old books were made: How ledgers were originally made: Shot and edited by Joey Fameli Music by Jinglepunks Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks: Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): Tested and Adam Savage Ts, stickers, (de) merit badges and more: About Tested: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: Discord: Amazon Storefront: Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching! #adamsavage #makers #books