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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is a book about mystic Sufi poetry, attributed to the 11th century poet anmathematician Omar Khayyam. This book was first translated in 1859 by the Englishman Edward FitzGerald and has been a source of controversy throughout the years regarding the authenticity of Khayyam’s authorship and the liberties FitzGerald took in translation. This information was provided by the previous Head of the University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library, Kevin Grace. This is the only copy at the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public library and belongs to the Information and Reference department.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C151048
Independent Eye [Volume 3] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is one of three groups of the Independent Eye newspaper. This is an extremely rare Cincinnati special collection item, and possibly the most complete collection in existence. These materials were given stardom when they were digitized in 2019, and a Public Library event was held to showcase their story.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C243893
Great-Britain's True System : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is a leather binding with a prior leather reback attached beneath full leather boards. The prior reback is suffering from red rot and the upper board is fully detached.View Catalog Record</a
Exquisite Gibson Playing Cards : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is a 1929 sample book of playing cards from the Gibson Art Company, which contains actual card samples mounted to the folios. The object consists of two large loose folios, with a green limp paper cover. There are three‐hole punches along the spine where it was likely originally bound together. The sample cards remain attached throughout, and the folio supports are in fair condition. The paper cover is in poor condition.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C341844
College of Applied Science Mug : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is a College of Applied Science mug with outdated UC branding. This is a ceramic mug with red and black printing. This mug is made in China. This mug came to us by hand with no housing
[Breviary leaf : Proper of the Saints : St. Saturnin and St. Andrew] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is a vellum half folio from a medieval manuscript entitled Breviary, according to the dealer’s catalog. It came to the Lab housed, yet unattached or supported, in a double window matting system with a decorative gold border on the recto. This matting system is hinged together with a shiny, white tape and has graphite inscriptions of the mat measurements, along with a vendor label (“Charles Edwin Puckett”) adhered to the inside of the mat. No treatment is needed at this time; however, a more supportive and protective matting system is needed for future exhibition and long-term storage of this half folio.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b799755
[Leaf] 1507 Ship of Fools : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is a single leaf from the 1507 Badius edition of Sebastian Brant’s “Ship of fools”. This item will be handled in class
Handbuch der speciellen Heilmittelehre : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis book was previously triaged and stabilized during a minor water disaster in 2019. The book is a half leather binding with marbled paper covering the boards. The textblock consists of wove paper and black printer’s ink. The textblock is sewn on recessed cords, and the sewing remains intact. The book was brought to The Preservation Lab for stabilization treatment and housing.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b696629
Apollo and Python from the series: The story of Apollo and Daphne : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis item is a new aquisiotion of the DAAP teaching collection. The items in this collection are meant to be handled and used for teaching and exhibition. This is an engraving by Master of the Die, who was born in the early 16th century, and was a pupil of Marc Antonio Raimondi. Master of the Die worked in Rome from 1532 to 1550. The engraving shows Apollo shooting a phython with an arrow. The engraving in on a light beige laid paper, and appears to be backed on the verso with heat set tissue. There are three handwritten graphite inscriptions on the verso, two along the bottom corners and one on the top left corner.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3593785
Nouvelle Encyclopédie Pratique de Mécanique et D'électricité : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
No full textThis is an encyclopedia of practical mechanics and electricity that features fourteen colored, interactive flap illustrations of various mechanical equipment, such as motors and locomotives. This volume is a quarter leather binding with a textured green cloth covering the boards. The upper cover cloth is embossed with Art Nouveau motifs and the title, author, and printer are stamped in gold. The lower cover is embossed with a round emblem. The leather spine is blind tooled with a similar Art Nouveau motif as the upper cover and the title and author are stamped in gold. There are two commercially made endbands stuck onto the spine of the text block.
This volume has green and white made-in endsheets with a cloth hinge (the green covering cloth) that extends under the pastedowns and around the flyleaf. These endsheets feature the same emblem embossed on the loser cover. The text block consists primarily of thick board supports containing the illustrations. These boards are each attached with white cloth hinges. The recto of each board has a flap illustration, and the recto of the prior board leaf has a numbered list of the various components of the flap illustration. The half title page, title page, and contents page are printed on a beige machine-made paper. The last illustration (Plate XIV) includes a moving lever component, attached with a brass fastener, along with flap components.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b349570