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Conservation no:
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XBRH (1980) 1
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1988/ 9
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Previous Binding.
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Flexibly sewn on six raised bands, though only five band were usually
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caught up on sewing each Section. This Volume was half bound in brown
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Goat Skin, With Stormont Marbled paper sided on laminated rope-fibre
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millboards. The endpapers were white, and there is evidence of green
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and orange head bands having been used. The presence of unused sewing
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holes in the spine indicates that this was not its original binding.
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The raised bands were decorated by the use of plain and decorative
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pallets. Fragments of lettering from the 2nd and 3rd panels have been
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retained and are now positioned at the front of the volume. A small
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decorative roll was used to edge the leather in gold at the spine and
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Corners.
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Repair.
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Deacidified with a 50% solution of Calcium hydroxide, and repaired as
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necessary with Bodleian hand made repair paper, silk chiffon lisse,
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bank paper and lens tissue using starch paste. Red ink on the Index
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leaves was protected using 4% N-Methoxymethyl Nylon.
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Binding.
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Rebound using ' Oasis Nigerian Goat Skin' treated with Potassium lactate.
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The marbled paper sides were made at 'The Compton Press, Tisbury' .
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Starch paste has been used throughout, except for glueing and lining the
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spine, where Polyvinyl acetate was used.
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RC
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R. C.
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November 1988.
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