This is a small book (height less than a mobile phone) bound in full leather with half of an existing clasp. The joints were worn with losses at head and tail; numerous pages were torn and/or detached. The metal pins holding the back clasp were standing proud and had damaged the leaves of the last three sections.

The boards were removed with the spine leather put aside; the book was disbound; paper repairs were made with Japanese tissue and leaves guarded (ie centre folds were reinstated); the book was then re-sewn;   a new case was made using new replacement leather for the spine but utilising the existing boards; the book was cased-in on a strong Japanese paper hollow; new front and back flyleaves, appropriately coloured to tone in with existing pastedowns, were attached; finally the removed spine leather was glued to the new spine and the book polished.

 

 

 

 

Damaged pages