Journal of Health (1830)

Before Treatment

Top, Spine View

Bottom, Fore-Edge View

Bottom, Spine View

Restricted Opening

Spine

Acid Stain Detail

Blue fibers embedded in paper

Bookplate and Inscriptions

Detached Top Board

Transmitted Light: Detached Endpaper

Detail of Spine Labels

After Treatment

Top, Spine View

Opening

Opening detail with endband

During Treatment

Disbinding: Cutting sewing thread

Disbinding

Debris accumulated during disbinding

Mechanical removal of spine linings in progress

Detail of endband during spine cleaning

After mechanical removal of spine lining

Washing

Washing: First bath on right

Washed pages drying on rack

Wet page on blotter after washing

Textblock, fully dry after washing

2-On resewing on saw-in cords

Overhanging linen lining

Treatment Report

Journal of Health, 1830 (Personal Collection): Full Treatment

IDENTIFICATION

Date: September 7, 2007
Conservator: Suzy Morgan
Instructor: Chela Metzger
Call Number/Collection: Personal
Author: n/a
Imprint: Philadelphia, 1830
Title: Journal of Health, Volume 1
Collation/foliation: 50 double-folio sections, sewn three-on.
Format: Quarto
Dimensions (binding): H 22.4 x W 14.7 x T 3 (cm)
Dimensions (text block): H 21.7 x W 13.5 x T 2.7 (cm)

Inscriptions
"Hannah L. Smith" on first flyleaf.
Bookplate on inside of recto board: Loganian Library. Ink inscription on TL of bookplate: “3328 1/2 O"; on TR: "In"; below image: “Bequest of Miss Mary Rebecca Darby Smith”.

Bibliographic Information

Worldcat OCLC Number: 10368137 {Link to Record}

Available on Google Books {Read It}

Information about the Loganian Library collection in the Library Company of Philadelphia {Link}

AUTHORIZATION
The undersigned requests and authorizes the Kilgarlin Center University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, to undertake conservation treatment of the artifact described in the attached Condition Report according to the procedures outlined in the appended Treatment Proposal. In the event the Owner/Custodian authorizes the Kilgarlin Center to proceed with the treatment recommended in the proposal such authorization shall be deemed to include acceptance by the depositor of the terms and conditions appearing in the original Authorization for Examination and Treatment.

CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Binding
The tightback, full sheep, laced-case binding is in poor condition with both boards detached. There is evidence, in the form of brown acrylic paint at the joint edge of the upper board, of a previous repair. The spine is damaged and friable with partial loss of the gold-stamped label. The corners are abraded. The opening is restricted.

Textblock
Margins of the textblock are yellowed but still flexible. Overall, the textblock is fairly clean with extensive foxing of the handmade wove paper. Recto endpapers are detached. Verso endpapers are detached and missing. Sewing holes are enlarged, with some loose signatures, especially first three signatures. The three-on sewing, on single sawn-in hemp cord supports, was too tight to determine until after the textblock was disbound. Endbands are still present, but the cord core of the tail endband has been exposed by the splitting of the textile wrap and was detached during examination.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Before Treatment: Ambient light photos of the binding, textblock and opening. Details of the blue fiber accretion and brown stain. Transmitted light photos of the frontispiece and loose endpaper.

After Treatment:

TESTING

The green textile endbands were found to be soluble in water.

TREATMENT PROPOSAL

Disbind and wash textblock.
Resew and rebind with new boards in full leather.
House in drop spine box.

TREATMENT PERFORMED

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Lunning, E and Perkinson, R. 1996. The Print Council of America Paper Sample Book. The Print Council of America.