Proceeding of the Cambridge 1980 International Conference on the Conservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts. This symposium explores the advancements in the field of conservation of historic and artistic works. The book covers related topics such as the employment of different methods for the preservation of paper such as bleaching and alkaline buffering; the repair, relaxation, binding, handling, and display of articles made of vellum and parchment; and the conservation of books and binders.

Includes index.

Part I: Introduction; Part II: Paper; Chapter 2.1. Scientific Developments; 2.1.1 The characterization of enzymes for use in paper conservation; 2.1.2 The use of enzymes in partially non-aqueous media; 2.1.3 Increase of paper permanence by treatment with liquid ammonia solutions: Part 1, Fundamental basis and influence on fibre and paper structure and properties; 2.1.4 Increase of paper permanence by treatment with Hquid ammonia or ammonia solutions: Part 2, The influence of treatment with Hquid ammonia or ammonia solutions on the permanence of inks2.1.5 Increase of paper permanence by treatment with liquid ammonia or ammonia solutions: Part 3, Testing of the usability of papers; Chapter 2.2. Conservation Treatments; 2.2.1 Alternatives to conventional methods of reducing discolouradon in works of art on paper; 2.2.2 The colour reversion of paper after bleaching; 2.2.3 The restoration, conservation and examination of the sixteenth-century prints found on Nova Zembla2.2.4 The conservadon treatment of a collage: Man with a Hat, by Pablo Picasso; 2.2.5 The conservation of Indian and Moghul miniatures; 2.2.6 A conservation method for Islamic illuminated manuscript leaves; Chapter 2.3. Alkaline Buffering; 2.3.1 Aqueous deacidification of paper; 2.3.2 Non-aqueous deacidification of books and papers; 2.3.3 Mass deacidification at the Public Archives of Canada; Chapter 2.4. Mounting and Storage of Art on Paper; 2.4.1 The mounding and storage of prints, drawings and watercolours at the British Museum2.4.2 The mounting and storage of the graphic arts collection at the National Gallery of Canada; Chapter 2.5. Leaf casting; 2.5.1 Notes on the early development of leaf-casting; 2.5.2 Analysis, specification and calculadon in the preparation of leaf-casting pulp: a methodology; Part III: Vellum and Parchment; Chapter 3.1. Repair and Relaxation; 3.1.1 Repair treatments for vellum manuscripts; 3.1.2 The use of polyethylene glycol in the restoration of parchment; 3.1.3 A note on the structure of vellum and the effects of various solventsChapter 3.2. Binding, Handling and Display; 3.2.1 Preservadon and display of single parchment leaves and fragments; 3.2.2 Notes on the binding and storage of vellum-leaved books; Part IV: Books and Bindings; Chapter 4.1. Book Conservation; 4.1.1 Conservation priorities: a bibliographer's view; 4.1.2 Conservation priorities: a book conservator's view; 4.1.3 Conservation priorities: a bookseller's view; 4.1.4 Conservation priorities: a library conservator's view; Chapter 4.2. Bookbinding leathers; 4.2.1 A The structure of leather.