Books
An Account Books of Jones and Rammelsberg
This is an account book of Jones and Rammelsberg, cabinet and furniture makers who operated in Cincinnati, Ohio, containing handwritten customer transactions from 1842-1844. The binding was completely detached and lost, which left the textblock susceptible to significant damage such as a distorted spine, significant surface dirt and insect frass, and water damage resulting in mold. Ultimately, the textblock was disbound, washed, and received an aqueous phytate treatment to stabilize the iron gall manuscript ink. The treated and washed leaves were resewn and bound in a new conservation binding. View the treatment documentation for this item.
An Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the Late Rebellion in Britain in the Years 1745 and 1746
A chapbook is a small 18th century booklet that was cheaply produced and sold on the street. In this volume, there are three different chapbooks bound together: An Impartial History of the Rebellion in Britain in the Years 1745 and 1746, A Token for Children, and The Life and Adventures of Robin Hood. There was significant deterioration and damage to the binding with a detached upper board, a compromised lower board, and damage to the spine. The textblock also had several detached pages, brittle spine linings, broken and slit sewing, tears, and surface dirt. To treat the book, the chapbooks were removed from the binding and separated, loose pages were reattached, the sewing was repaired, and each chapbook was given its own conservation paper case. All three books and the original binding were housed in a custom corrugated clamshell. View the treatment documentation for these chapbooks.
Trojanische Alterthumer
This is a collection of 218 photographic plates, likely silver gelatin, and a collection of unbound essays by Dr. Heinrich Schliemann that documents the 1870’s excavation in Troy. As this collection is highly used, the curator requested that the plates be flattened and supported in a more appropriate enclosure, and to bind the text so that loose gatherings would not be in danger of becoming lost. The mounted photographic prints were surface cleaned and were then humidified and flattened. The textblock was sewn on linen tapes with conservation endbands sewn at the head and tail, and was bound in a new conservation case binding, with a surrogate of the original cover image printed and adhered to the cover of the binding. All items were housed together in a custom corrugated clamshell enclosure. View the treatment documentation for this item.
