A complete restoration to an exlremely damaged folio
Owner found this family heirloom, a large
1907 Atlas, under drift snow in an abandoned barn. |  |
As one can still see, the original binding
was 'half leather' with gilt printed cloth covered boards. |  |
The text and numerous plates were complete.
The entire text-block was disbound, repaired as necessary, and rebuilt... |  |
Amongst other challenges, the 'pastedown'
portions of the original endpapers had to be lifted and reinforced.
Note: the strip of cloth along the top of illus. is one of the original cloth inner hinges which were also able to be salvaged. |  |
The fully restored endpapers, including original cloth inner hinges. |  |
The fully restored binding includes the original leather spine and corners,
and the gilt printed cloth covering the new boards. |  |
A new cloth spine was created, over which was placed the original leather.
Note: the place-ribbon was included at the owner's request. |  |