The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Title | The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper PDF eBook |
Author | Max Schweidler |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Books |
ISBN | 9780892368358 |
Ever 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
The Connoisseur
Title | The Connoisseur PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Antiques |
ISBN |
A Catalogue of the Books, Autographs, Engravings, and Miscellaneous Articles, Belonging to the Estate of the Late John Allan
Title | A Catalogue of the Books, Autographs, Engravings, and Miscellaneous Articles, Belonging to the Estate of the Late John Allan PDF eBook |
Author | John Allan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 1864 |
Genre | Books |
ISBN |
A Catalogue of the Books, Autographs, Engravings, and Miscellaneous Articles, belonging to the estate of the late John Allan
Title | A Catalogue of the Books, Autographs, Engravings, and Miscellaneous Articles, belonging to the estate of the late John Allan PDF eBook |
Author | John Allan |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2022-03-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3752580968 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
The Pleasures of Hope
Title | The Pleasures of Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Campbell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 1803 |
Genre | English poetry |
ISBN |
A Catalogue of the Fine Collection of Engravings, Mezzotints, & Etchings, Illustrated Works, Pictures, a Small But Valuable Library, Late the Property of James Harvey, Esq., Dec
Title | A Catalogue of the Fine Collection of Engravings, Mezzotints, & Etchings, Illustrated Works, Pictures, a Small But Valuable Library, Late the Property of James Harvey, Esq., Dec PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Newson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 1855 |
Genre | Auction catalogs |
ISBN |
Attention Getting Old Engravings
Title | Attention Getting Old Engravings PDF eBook |
Author | Dick Sutphen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Engraving |
ISBN | 9780910158220 |