[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Titles on Picture Varnish, Cleaning, Restoration

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

3 Books-

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TITLE: "On Picture Varnishes and Their Solvents. Reports presented to the
Seminar on Resinous Surface Coatings sponsored by the Intermuseum
Conservation Association, April 2-5, 1957 - Oberlin, Ohio."

By Robert L. Feller, Elizabeth H. Jones, Nathan Stolow.
Published by Intermuseum Conservation Association, in Oberlin, Ohio: 1959

DISCUSSION: The pioneering research presented in this first edition of ”On
Picture Varnishes and their Solvents” continues to provide basic and
useful parameters to paintings conservators for approaches to cleaning and
varnishing.

This is a highly technical, scientific work with sections devoted to:

- The Solvents in Spirit Varnishes

- Solvent Action

- Resins and the Properties of Varnishes

- The Removal of Varnish

Full of chemical diagrams, charts and tables, this scarce volume is an
important and useful reference work for conservators and anyone interested
in the properties of varnishes and their solvents.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 7x9.5, 220 pages, diagrams.

CONDITION NOTES: Some spots, light soil and a little wear to the cover, as
well as a name written in ink on the front (see above). Interior is clean.
Overall, a nice copy.

PRICE: $75.00


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TITLE: “On Picture Varnishes and Their Solvents”

By Robert L. Feller, Nathan Stolow, & Elizabeth H. Jones.
Published in Washington by the National Gallery of Art in 1985. Revised &
enlarged edition.

DISCUSSION: First published in 1959, this book was based on the principal
papers presented at a ‘Seminar on Resinous Surface Coatings’.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 6”x9”, 260 pages.

CONDITION NOTES: Light wear, minor soil.

PRICE: $50.00


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TITLE: "The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art. Treatment,
Repair, and Restoration"

By H.J. Plenderleith.
Published by the Oxford University Press: 1969. 4th printing.

DISCUSSION: A wide-ranging survey by the Keeper of the Research Laboratory
in the British Museum. Although technical in some respects, it was written
for the advanced collector as well as the laboratory conservator or museum
curator. The first main section concerns Organic Materials- skin, papyrus,
parchment, paper, prints, manuscripts, textiles, wood, bone & ivory, and
easel paintings. The second section covers Metals- gold, silver, copper
and alloys, lead, tin, pewter, iron and steel. The third section covers
Siliceous Materials- stone, ceramics and glass. There are also numerous
technical appendices.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7"x10", 375 pages, plus a color frontispiece and
55 black & white plates; with 11 text figures.

CONDITION NOTES: A little light wear, but in nice condition.

PRICE: $85.00


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