Preservation of leather bookbindings / H. J. Plenderleith.
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
71410227X
Category
Publication Year
1967
Publisher
Trustees of the British Museum, United Kingdom
Pages
32 pages
Subject
Books -- Conservation and restoration
Description
Library problems: the seemingly haphazard deterioration of modern leathers -- Scientific investigation: causes and prevention of decay -- The P.I.R.A. test for durable leather -- The time test -- Limited usefulness of leather dressings -- Characteristics of protected leather: cleaning leather bindings whether protected or unprotected -- Can unprotected leather bindings be protected? -- Vellum bindings
Number of Copies
1
