Damage to Book Covers

Chemical Damage

1 2

1. Red rot to leather binding / 2. Alkaline marbling to leather binding

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3. Plastering and breakage to parchment binding / 4. Gelatinous parchment

Mechanical Damage

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5. Grain with haircracks to leather binding / 6. Wear and tear and brittle paper

Illustration Credits: © Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag (Royal Dutch Library, The Hague),
Richtlijnen voor de conservering van leren en perkamenten boekbanden, 1995
(Guidelines for the conservation of leather and parchment book bindings)
Photography: Pieter Zuyderduyn and Chris Meyer
with thanks to WJTh. Smit.

Photo no. 6 © Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam ( International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam)

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