Book Details: Subject: Diodorus Siculus. – Liber de rebus gestis Filippi Regis Macedoniae (Book of the Deeds of King Philip of Macedonia), (Venice: Giorgio Rusconi, 1518)

Subject: Paolo Rosio – Historiae Venetia (History of Venice), 1500

Restoration required:

– Photo documentation of the volume to assess its current condition.

– Analysis of page

– Manual dusting of pages with soft-bristled brushes.
– Disbinding of the volume by careful removal of the binding thread.

– Solubility testing and chromatic spot testing of illustrations.

– Washing of the pages with deionized water.

– Deacidification bath in calcium bicarbonate solution.

– Brush application of Tylose MH 300 P in 2% aqueous solution to the pages.

– Repairing rips and mending the pages with Japanese paper (Vangerow 517) and Japanese vellum (Vangerow 502) with Tylose MH 300 P in 4% aqueous solution.

– Detachment of the endpapers with hydroalcoholic solution.

– Sewing a new raised cord binding in pelle allumata fenduta.

• Creation of new backing in Japanese paper

– Creation of new headbands in pelle allumata.

– Cleaning of the parchment covers with hydroalcoholic solution.

– Humidification of the parchment covers in a tent with cool ultrasound vapor.

– Smoothing of the covers.

• Restoration of parchment cover with Japanese paper (Vangerow 517) and cowhide

– Anchoring the cover to the pages.

COST € 556,42

TAXES (22%) € 122,41

TOTAL COST € 678,83