$ Herbarum vivae eicones 
| Brunfels, Otto 
$ 1530 
*« Missouri Botanical Garden 
E St Louis, MO 
: CONDITION ON RECEIPT: 
$ The half rigid vellum and decorated paper binding was 
$ cutting through the decorated paper on the front board. 
| internal hinge was broken, and the case was detached 
$ from the text block in the front. The volume was sewn | 
* two on. The sewing was weak. lt was probably . 
| contemporary with the text. Some of the pages were 
| partially torn along the spine fold and were partially 
?! detached from the text block as a result. Most of the 
pages were dirty and discolored; they were water 
stained and mold damaged at the tail. They were weak 
? and sometimes torn in these areas. The outer 
parchment. 
TREATMENT REPORT: 
: volume was disbound retaining the original sewing. 
damaged areas strengthened where necessary with 
! volume was sewn on linen tapes with linen thread. 
was removed and readhered to new pastedown. 
Northeast Document Conservation Center 
January 2003 
DW/TP 
| not contemporary with the text. The parchment was - 
Both stuck-on endbands were present . The front 
gatherings were guarded with narrow strips of 
Treatment was documented with color slides. The | 
€ The head, tail, and pages were dry cleaned where 
*» necessary. Tears were mended, folds guarded, and 
x Japanese kozo paper and wheat starch paste. The 
Handmade paper endsheets with linen hinges were | 
attached. The volume was bound in full handmade 
paper using a limp case structure and titled using a |. 
3» black stamped handmade paper label. The bookplate | 
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