Research Catalog

Title

Solving cases : book and paper artefact restoration / Nicolangelo Scianna ; [translation by Jennifer Monroe].

Author

Scianna, Nicolangelo

Publication

Turnhout : Brepols, 2010.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

272 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm +

Summary

Accompanying CD-ROM contains 257 full-color images corresponding to the 257 illustrations found in the printed edition, along with 2 short videos (11 min. and 6 min. in length, respectively) showing conservation techniques.

Series Statement

Bibliologia ; v. 28

Uniform Title

• Casi di restauro di libri e altri manufatti cartacei. English
• Bibliologia (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 28.

Alternative Title

• Casi di restauro di libri e altri manufatti cartacei.
• Book and paper artefact restoration

Subject

• Books > Conservation and restoration
• Paper > Preservation
• Restauratie
• Boeken
• Papier
• Kunstvoorwerpen

Genre/Form

CD-ROMs.

Note

• Accompanying CD-ROM contains 257 full-color images corresponding to the 257 illustrations found in the printed edition, along with 2 short videos (11 min. and 6 min. in length, respectively) showing conservation techniques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-247).

System Details (note)

• System requirements for CD-ROM: Windows or Mac; Adobe Flash player; color monitor; web browser.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Document restoration. Restoring parchment documents ; Restoring paper documents -- Book restoration. Early books ; Herbals and- herbals ; Euclid twice -- Restoring works of art : works of art on paper and parchment. Drawings ; Prints ; Works of art on parchment ; Restoring globes ; A real virtual restoration -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Repairing paper ; Analysing different techniques ; Paper and watermarks.

ISBN

• 9782503533438 (pbk.)
• 2503533434 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 603042196
• SCSB-11057977

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library