This book is the seventh in the Readings in Conservation series, which gathers and publishes texts that have been influential in the development of thinking abo

Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw has been recognized as a

In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comf

Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Histori

"[The present volume] provides a selection from more than sixty-five texts tracing the development of this important area of conservation. The texts range chron