A sample of Officina Elzeviriana

Diversorum Autorum; [Jean de Laet] RESPVBLICA: Siue Status Regni POLONIÆ, LITVANIÆ, PRVSSIÆ, LIVONIÆ etc. Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1642.

Vilnius University Library, Rare Books Department, Shelf No. III E 68

 

Conservation by Ieva Rusteikaitė.

Images by Raimondas Malaiška and Gediminas Bernotas.

Condition

  • Dust
  • Damage of the leather
  • Loose front cover and some leaves
  • Broken sewing supports
  • Tears and loss in the leaves
  • Delamination of the boards

Treatment applied

  • Dry cleaning
  • Repair of paper loss
  • Repair of the broken sewing supports
  • Reattachment of the loose leaves
  • Reattachment of the loose cover and leaves
  • Consolidation of the boards
  • Repair of the leather loss
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