Manuel du Pharmacien
Personal Collection

Before Treatment
9/15/08

Ambient light, front

Ambient light, back

Ambient light, spine view

Ambient light, detail of vellum tip

Ambient light, detail of opening

Ambient light, detail of interior staining

Ambient light, detail of stamp

During Treatment

Ambient light Spine poulticing using methyl cellulose

Ambient light Detail of spine cleaning

Ambient light Detail of silk ribbon stabilized in nylon net before wet cleaning

Ambient light Silk ribbon after wet cleaning

Ambient light Disbound (top right), washed, bleached, and guarded sections before re-sewing

Ambient light Loose sections sewn around new cord and aligned with the originally sewn textblock

Ambient light Detail of re-joined textblock, and local long fiber spine linings adhered to reduce the preferential opening

Ambient light Front detail of re-created new vellum tips adhered to new boards

Ambient light Back detail of re-created new vellum tips adhered to new boards

After Treatment

Ambient light, front

Ambient light, back

Ambient light, spine view

Ambient light, detail of vellum tip

Ambient light, detail of fall away case

Ambient light, detail of spine linings

Ambient light, detail of opening Preferential opening has been minimized

Ambient light, detail of stamp

Ambient light, detail of stubs Documenting the treatment conducted on a given section

Ambient light, detail of section Bleached with sodium borohydride

Ambient light, detail of section Bleached with hydrogen peroxide

Ambient light, detail of cut away on the back board Exposing re-created 3-hole lacing pattern and vellum tip