Inside the book before treatment

Inside the book before treatment

You can see the inside of the spine leather in this image, and how the leather, possibly from sheep, was disintegrating. You can also see how the thin cloth hinge had frayed and torn, causing the heavy upper cover to detach from the textblock.

One Response to Inside the book before treatment

  1. i have a old book the life of christ ..that I got in my grandfathers attic that was my great grandfather’s it’s beautiful book but in the move across the country a piece of the spine cover broke off.. is that fixable??

    it’s leather…similar to this bible just a tad more beat because of the missing piece.

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