Sixteen members of the restoration and conservation team of the National Library of Spain are in charge of millions of documents held in the collection. Watch them performing some of theirs tasks in that short video.
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Dezasseis membros da equipa de conservação e restauro da Biblioteca Nacional de Espanha têm sob sua responsabilidade milhões de documentos que fazem parte da colecção. Observe-os a executarem algumas das suas tarefas neste breve vídeo. Recursos adicionais Cirujanos de las letras (La Vanguardia)
This video made me curious: how do you set a book when sewing an endband? Here the book is set with the spine facing the bookbinder. I was told to put it the other way around. Please join the conversation!
This 17th century map was found in a chimney in Scotland. Map was so deteriorated, it seemed almost impossible to be restored. However, specialists from the National Library of Scotland have succeeded in recovering everything that was salvageable for this historical object. The restoration process involved a variety of treatments…
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