Conservation

The Art of Scribbling

by Bean an Phoist on August 19, 2011 · 2 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Printed books,Projects,Rare books

by Giada Gelli, Preservation Assistant We have all done some scribbling on copies, books, magazines and whatnot at some stage in our lives. There is nothing more pleasant than evading the realms of reality, shutting your ears to the world, and letting your pen (or pencil!) chase the boredom away. But still, I wasn’t expecting [...]

Tagged as: 1720, 1776, Clean Sweep, Conservation, Giada Gelli, Historia Naturali, Incubus, Joly Collection, Latin, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Lord William Robert Fitzgerald, Pierre Coste, Pliny the Elder, Projects, Rare books, Sir Isaac Newton, Traité d'optique

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Don’t link yourself with vulgar folks

by Bean an Phoist on August 17, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Conservation,Printed books,Projects,Rare books

by Fiona Noonan, Preservation Assistant We are all drawn to books for different reasons – Stories, Authors, Illustrations and Bindings. So, when those of us working on The Clean Sweep Project were asked to write posts for the NLI Blog on books that stood out for us, I immediately made a mental list of the [...]

Tagged as: Bentley's Miscellany, Clean Sweep, Conservation, Ernest Maurice Jessop, Fiona Noonan, Illustration, Ingoldsby Legends, Misadventures at Margate, Projects, Rare books, Richard Harris Barham, Thomas Ingoldsby

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A Watercolour Wash

by Bean an Phoist on August 5, 2011 · 2 comments

in Acquisitions,Collections,Conservation,Prints & Drawings,Projects

by Elodie Leveque – Conservation Intern, Heritage Council Have you ever wondered how we conserve ancient objects in the National Library of Ireland’s collections? How we tackle things like dirt and mould? Every year, acquisitions or donations help develop and enhance our wonderful collections and conservators here help make these items available to readers by [...]

Tagged as: 19th century, Acidic, Caricatures, Conservation Intern, Conservators, Elodie Leveque, Etching, Fragile, Heritage Council, Interns, J Sidebotham, Microscope, Mould, Paper-pulping, Pigments, Sackville Street, Suction table, Ultraviolet light, Watercolour