A careful book where the delicate process of manual and artistic binding is reviewed. This book is divided into two parts:
  
 First part.
  
 Manual binding. The book: its evolution. Anatomy of the book.
 Manuscript books. Printed books. Naming of the interior parts of the book.
 Typographic names of the book. The size of the books. The miniature book. Ars ligatori. Denomination of the different bindings of the book. Denomination of the different parts of the binding. Binding process. The wallpapers. Decoration on the bindings. Binding styles. The binding in Spain. Brugalla. Palomino. Galvan. Printers-booksellers/bookbinders.
 From the handwritten mark to the current ex-libris. The modern bookplate in Spain. The technique. (Offprint of La Imprenta, origins and evolution, reproduced at 95%).

 Second part.
  
 Artistic binding in Spain today. It reproduces the Awards for the best Artistic Bindings, the Reina Sofía Awards for Ibero-American Poetry, the José Galván First National Prize for Artistic Bookbinding, and the list of Bookbinders and Bookbinding Schools registered with AFEDA (Association for the Promotion of Bookbinding Art).