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Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper by Max Schweidler and Roy Perkinson (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100892368357

ISBN-139780892368358

eBay Product ID (ePID)46825946

Product Key Features

Number of Pages316 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRestoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper

SubjectTechniques / General, Conservation & Preservation, Reference, Care & Restoration, Library & Information Science / General

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

AuthorMax Schweidler, Roy Perkinson

Subject AreaArt, Language Arts & Disciplines, Antiques & Collectibles

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight36.8 Oz

Item Length1.1 in

Item Width0.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-042449

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal760.028/8

SynopsisEver 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, Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandsetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw. has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1950, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated scholarly edition. An extensively illustrated appendix presents case studies of eleven Old Master prints that were treated using the techniques Schweidler discusses., Max Schweidler's seminal text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper, originally published n Germany in 1938, now available for the first time in English.

LC Classification NumberNE380.S3513 2005