New Illustra tion o lthe Sexu al S ystem of ...Linnaeus 



I'hornton. Robert 



1X07 



■Missouri Botanical (iartlen 



Si. I ouis. MO 



t OND ITION ON RECEll'T: 



Ihc full leather laeed-in binding was very worn. The 

 leather was powdery despite heavy oiling. Parts olthe 

 finish side of the leather were missing from the boards 

 and spine. The leather was lifting in places, flic joints 

 had been crudeh repaired. The board attachment was 

 strong. Ihe corners were fully exposed, fhe endbands 

 were missing. Hndleaves that matched the pastedowns 

 were loose in the volume. They were smaller than the 

 lext block. The sewing was oversewn. Most of the 

 pages were dirty and discolored. Some pages had tears 

 al the edges. Others were chipped at the edges. The 

 leaf facing the plate to be exhibited had many small 

 edge tears. The paper was probably brittle at the edges. 

 I he oversewing created physical stress close to the 

 spine when the volume was used. A text leaf that was 

 ■-mailer than the text block was loose in the back of the 

 xolunie. 



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Ireatnicnt was documented with color slides. The 

 volume was collated and disbound retaining the original 

 sewing, fhe head, tail, and pages were dry cleaned 

 where necessary. Tears were mended and folds 

 guarded where necessary with Japanese kozo paper and 

 wheal starch paste. A loose lext leaf was incorporated 

 into the text block. The sewing was reinforced. 

 Handmade paper endsheets with linen hinges were 

 attached, fhe volume was bound in full cloth using a 

 split board structure and titled using a gold-stamped 

 leather label. The prcvioirs binding was housed in a 

 jihase box 



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1 ebruary 20()3 



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