Module 6 – (Spring semester) March 17 - April 11, 2025

Bookbinding Structures (18th – 19th Centuries) - Structure, Damage, and Restoration Treatments II

Module 6

Workshop, 100 hours

Structure of Bindings – Dismantling and Restoring Bookbindings

Instructor:

 

1)     Identifying 19th century machine-made papers

  • Newsprint

  • Pulp paper

  • Kraft paper

2)     Restoration of machine-made paper text block

  • Consolidation

  • Cleaning

  • Acidity treatment

3)     Bookbinding types

  • Variations

  • Make facsimiles

  • Half binding

  • Quarter binding

  • Hollow back

  • Non-adhesive binding

4)     Restoration of the bookbindings

  • Cleaning the spine

  • Restoration of cardboard

  • Restoration of the sewing – cut supports (double – single vegetable cords, raised/recessed supports)

  • Restoration of stuck-on end bands

  • Restoration of the cover spine

Flat spine

Raised bands

  • Restoration of the cover material

Restoration of leather

Restoration of paper cover

Restoration of textile

Restoration of decorated papers (marble, pasted, leather – textile imitation, etc.)

Field trips

Module 6

Theory class 1, 24 hours

Bookbinding Structures (18th & 19th Centuries)

Instructor:

1)     Bookbinding types (18th & 19th centuries)

  • Variations

2)     Structural characteristics of the 16th – 17th century leather bindings

  • End leaves

  • Sewing of the quires

  • Wood board

  • Card boards

  • Board attachments

  • Spine lining

  • End bands

  • Covering materials

  • Edges decoration

  • Cover decoration

3) Materials used in 18th – 19th century bindings - Chemistry and features

  • Animal skins

  • Cardboard

  • Glues

  • Metals

  • Adhesives

  • Textiles

4) Approaches to restoring bookbindings of 18th – 19th centuries

  • Archaeology of modern book bindings and restoration

  • Dismantling books

  • Partial dismantling

  • Restoration without dismantling

  • Replacing original binding

  • Partial replacement of original binding

Module 6

Theory class 2, 24 hours

Bookbindings (18th and 19th Centuries) – Materials, Deterioration Factors, Approaches to Restoration

Instructor:

1) Materials used in modern bindings – raw materials, chemistry, features, and conservation issues

  • Animal skins - leather, parchment

  • Paper and cardboard made from wood pulp

  • Vegetable fibers (linen, hemp, cotton, silk)

  • Decorated paper

  • Adhesives (gelatin, flour glue, etc.)

  • Textiles

  • Imitation

  • Metals

  • Pigments and gilding

  • Synthetic materials

Deterioration factors

Approaches to restoration

Restoration materials

  • Features, uses, issues