Portfolio > Restoration (30)
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Die Gantze Bible, 1534
The original binding lacks a spine and the leather on the boards is dessicated and cracked. Contents show brief tears, chips and minor losses.
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Die Gantze Bible, 1534
The volume was rebacked with dark brown calf and blind tooled in period style. The boards were restored with Japanese paper toned with acrylics. Tears and losses to the text were mended with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Opera Omnia Theologica, 1681
The binding has only the front board remaining from the original binding; both the rear board and the spine are later crude repairs. Contents show numerous detached leaves, brief tears, and small losses.
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Opera Omnia Theologica, 1681
The binding has only the front board remaining from the original binding; both the rear board and the spine are later crude repairs. Contents show numerous detached leaves, brief tears, and small losses.
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Opera Omnia Theologica, 1681
The volume was rebacked in dark brown calf which extends onto the newly constructed rear board. The new spine and rear board were tooled in blind in period style. The front board was mended with Japanese paper toned with acrylics, and the contents were mended and filled with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Opera Omnia Theologica, 1681
The volume was rebacked in dark brown calf which extends onto the newly constructed rear board. The new spine and rear board were tooled in blind in period style. The front board was mended with Japanese paper toned with acrylics, and the contents were mended and filled with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Opera Omnia Theologica, 1681
The volume was rebacked in dark brown calf which extends onto the newly constructed rear board. The front board was mended with Japanese paper toned with acrylics, and the contents were mended and filled with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Opera Omnia Theologica, 1681
Detail of the leather reback transitioning into a new front board.
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Hauspostill, 1569
The volume shows splitting along the hinges and at the caps and one of the clasps is nearly detached. The contents show several loose leaves and signatures with brief tears and chips.
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Hauspostill, 1569
Detail of splitting at cap.
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Hauspostill, 1569
The volume was rebacked with Japanese paper toned with acrylics and the original spine laid down. The boards were restored with Japanese tissue toned with acrylics. The text was mended with Japanese tissue and partially resewn using a modified link stitch.
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Hauspostill, 1569
Detail of spine repair.
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Leviathan, 1651
The volume was rebacked at some point in the early 20th century and now the boards are detached. The title page is detached.
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Leviathan, 1651
The volume was rebacked in brown calf and tooled to match; titling stamped in gold on a red goatskin label. The title page was mended and hinged in with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Leviathan, 1651
The volume was rebacked in brown calf and tooled to match; titling stamped in gold on a red goatskin label. The title page was mended and hinged in with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Burns, 1786
The boards were reattached with Japanese tissue toned with acrylics.
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Chapman's Homer, 1610
The boards were reattached with Japanese tissue toned with acrylics and gold paint.
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Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard, 1751
The front board was reattached with Japanese paper toned with acrylics.
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Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God…(Eliot Indian Bible), 1663
The leather was consolidated with a Klucel-G/SC6000 mix; the early 20th century reback is holding strong and was left alone. Contents were nonaqueously deacidified with BookKeeper solution. The inner hinges were reinforced with Japanese tissue and rice starch paste.
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Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God…(Eliot Indian Bible), 1663
The leather was consolidated with a Klucel-G/SC6000 mix; the early 20th century reback is holding strong and was left alone. Contents were nonaqueously deacidified with BookKeeper solution. The inner hinges were reinforced with Japanese tissue and rice starch paste.
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De Officiis, et Paradoxa. Cicero, 1466
The boards were reattached with Japanese paper toned with acrylics.
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Shakespeare's 2nd Folio, 1632
The leather was consolidated with Klucel-G and the hinges were repaired with Japanese tissue toned with acrylics.
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Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1791
The leather was consolidated with Klucel-G and the hinges were repaired with Japanese paper toned with acrylics. Several detached leaves were tipped in with Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
The original binding has fallen apart into its component pieces. The textblock is moderately loose and shows several detached leaves.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
The original binding has fallen apart into its component pieces. The textblock is moderately loose and shows several detached leaves.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
The volume was rebound in new split-board binding with the original leather components mounted on top. The original binding components were restored with Japanese paper toned with acrylics. The loose leaves and tears were mended with Japnese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
The volume was rebound in new split-board binding with the original leather components mounted on top. The original binding components were restored with Japanese paper toned with acrylics. The loose leaves and tears were mended with Japnese tissue and wheat starch paste.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
Detail of leather restoration.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
Detail of leather restoration.
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Andover Bank Ledger, 1884
Detail of leather restoration.