Ndpreservation posted a nice synopsis of my lecture about the conservation of Dante’s 1477 La Commedia. It was an interesting and time consuming treatment, involving both resewing and rebinding in an alum tawed goat conservation binding.
This treatment provided impetus for further investigation into the history of conservation binding, both the term and the practice. I will present an updated version of this lecture on November 7, 2018, 10:00 am, Jones Room, Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
I’ll also be teaching “The Conservation of Leather Bindings” that week at Emory. The application deadline is this Friday, September 14, 2018.
Peachey Conservation 