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Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870
Author | : Paul Goldman |
Publisher | : London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Illustrated books |
ISBN | : |
The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Author | : Max Schweidler |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Books |
ISBN | : 9780892368358 |
Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a woeful dearth of relevant literature and in order to assist those who have 'set themselves the goal of preserving cultural treasures, ' the noted German restorer composed a thorough technical manual covering a wide range of specific techniques, including detailed instructions on how to execute structural repairs and alterations that, if skilfully done, can be virtually undetectable. By the mid-twentieth century, curators and conservators of graphic arts, discovering a nearly invisible repair in an old master print or drawing, might comment that the object had been 'Schweidlerized.' This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1949, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated critical edition. The editor's introduction places the work in its historical context and probes the philosophical issues the book raises, while some two hundred annotati
Religious Emblems and Allegories: a Series of Engravings Designed to Illustrate Divine Truth. A New Edition, with an Introduction, by J. Smith
Author | : William HOLMES (American Clergyman.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |