Podcast
Audio Slide Show. 17th century alive Renaissance books give 1600s glimpse
WSU Today
06/05/2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/1411
Abstract
Along the dark hallways – in the vaults of Terrell Library - there are rooms where thinkers and artists of the Renaissance still seem to come alive. “It’s like being able to go back into a 17th century bookstore and browse," said Trevor Bond, interim head of Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections (MASC). Bond is leading a project to restore previously repaired early modern books. The project, supported by a grant from the Washington State Library, allows the department of MASC to renovate rare books that were incorrectly refurbished in the 1970s and 80s. “WSU has fabulous early printed collections (of books) that were bought in the 1920s – 40s when European books were expensive,” said Bond. “Unfortunately, a number of these books were improperly rebound – and the grant is allowing us to use modern conservation techniques to remove acidic endpapers, inappropriate glues, etc.”
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- Title
- Audio Slide Show. 17th century alive Renaissance books give 1600s glimpse
- Creators
- Becky Phillips (Author)Trevor James Bond (Author)
- Publication Details
- WSU Today
- Academic Unit
- Libraries
- Identifiers
- 99900501942801842
- Copyright
- openAccess ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Podcast