Solander Boxes. The Chelsea Bindery.

A Solander Box is a protective box with a lid that entirely encloses the book, and is named after its inventor, the Swedish botanist D. C. Solander (1736–1782).

The Chelsea Bindery specialises in fine binding, preservation boxes and book restoration. These boxes provide an important extra layer of protection from sunlight, moisture, dust, and insects.

In this short video, Adam Douglas explains some of the details and design features of Solander Boxes.

More information about the Chelsea Bindery can be found online here:

[Gmackematix]

Nice video. Daniel Solander, after whom the box is named, was the son of Carl Linnaeus, famous for giving living things binomial names. Oh yes, and he was the first university educated person to set foot on Australian soil.

[johngray]

Exquisite quality from the Chelsea Bindery. I was extremely impressed by the quality of the custom case which came with my recent order from Peter Harrington