Adam Naming the Animals, Plate 1 from History of the First Parents of Man : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This item is a new acquisition of the DAAP teaching collection. The items in this collection are meant to be handled and used for teaching and exhibition. This is small engraving by Jan Pietersz Saenredam, a Dutch engraver and draftsman, 1565-1607. The engraving shows Adam taming the Animals, from the Story of Adam and Eve, a set of six engravings. The primary support is a light thin beige laid paper. There are two graphite handwritten inscriptions on the verso of the engraving. Additionally, on the verso adhered to the top edge there are two hinges that appear to be made of Kozo fibers.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3502441

Homeri Opera [5 books] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is an ongoing project to improve the appearance and condition of a reference collection from the Classics Library reading room. This book collection is shelved in the Classics reading room and are used frequently. This ongoing project started in 2019, and the Preservation Lab has been receiving small batches periodically. These five volumes are part of the larger collection of reference books from the Classics Library reading room. All the volumes in this collection are bound in full navy blue cloth and the bindings have no decoration on the covers. The text blocks are sewn through the fold, and the edges are trimmed with no decoration.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b182595

Portrait of Leonardo Foscolo : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a print from DAAP’s Teaching Collection, purchased at the request of faculty member, Christopher Platts. The collection is meant to be handled during classes and is housed in flat files at the DAAP. This is a 17th century print featuring a portrait of Leonardo Foscolo [1588‐1660]. The engraving is attributed to Venetian engraver Giacomo Piccini

The Golden Legend of Master William Caxton [Volume 2] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

The Golden Legend of Master William Caxton is a three-volume set printed by William Morris at Kelmscott Press. The Golden Legend is an influential collection of saints’ lives, compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine. In 1483 William Caxton translated it into English, and it is one of the earliest books printed in England. Morris produced this three-volume set of 500 limited edition books for the antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch, and he was given 'absolute and sole control' over materials used and borrowed a copy of Caxton's 1483 edition from the Cambridge University Library for copy text. The woodcut title and initials are designed by William Morris, and two woodcuts by Edward Burne-Jones. All three volumes were brought to The Preservation Lab in December of 2009, where it started to receive treatment in 2010 by book conservator Gabrielle Fox. No further treatment was conducted between 2010 and 2021.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b190814

Pilate Washing His Hands : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a print from DAAP’s Teaching Collection, purchased at the request of faculty member, Christopher Platts. The collection is meant to be handled during classes and is housed in flat files at the DAAP. This is an early 16th century woodblock print cut from a text entitled “Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi” (The Passion of the Jesus Christ) by Matthias Ringmann, printed in 1506. The print is by Urs Graf, active in Basel from 1485 to 1530. This is from a series of 26 pieces created for the volume. This print features Pilate, seated, washing his hands before Jesus Christ was crowned with thorns. It is printed on laid paper and there is text from the volume on the verso of the trimmed leaf.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3502437

Chinoiserie : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a print from DAAP’s Teaching Collection, purchased at the request of faculty member, Christopher Platts. The collection is meant to be handled during classes and is housed in flat files at the DAAP. This is a 18th century Chinese Arabesque print by female artist Anne Allen [1728-1808] after her husband, Jean-Baptiste Pillement.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3594226

The Genius of History : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This item is a new acquisition 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 printed in black ink on a light thin beige laid paper. According to JSTOR: “Bartsch, No. 31. Signed with the monogram "IB" lower right in the plate. Single state proof on laid paper, enriched on the back with the handwritten collection mark of Professor Jules Meunier (Lyon 1825†1860), Lugt 1810.” The print is mounted with pressure sensitive tape along the right edge on a support paper. There is also glassine tape on the verso of the print along the top corners. The support paper, a larger thin light beige laid paper is mounted along the right edge with two types of pressure sensitive tape on a cardstock matting system. A sheet of polyester is tape with pressure sensitive tape to the cardstock matting system to lay over the print, as a protection barrier.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3502438

Opera omnia cum genuina, tum spuria, dubiaque [Volume 1] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is volume one of a collection of two volumes of this title. This book belongs to the John Miller Burnam Classics library. This book is important to the library since it was a personal copy of the Professor Burnam and has a handwritten inscription by him on the front endpaper page of the text block. This book is not handled frequently. This is a full reddish brown leather binding with six raised bands. There is no decoration on the covers. The spine is gold tolled in between the raised bands with flora motifs and the title stamped in gold. The board edges are also tolled with gold decoration. The text block is composed of several gatherings sewn through the fold on six raised double cords. The edges of the text block are trimmed and undecorated, stamped with a red library stamp.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b144113

Report of the General Committee of the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This item came to the Preservation Lab for exhibition in the Engineering Library. Of particular interest is the foldout map at p.400. This is a full cloth publisher’s binding featuring green cloth with blind tooling and gold lettering on the upper cover and spine. The volume features three foldouts, one at the title page (plate: illustration of the exposition building), another before the “List of Subscribers” (chart: treasurers report), and another following p.400 (map: exposition layout). The pastedowns and endsheets consist of a machine‐made matte dark brown paper and the textblock substrate is a beige machine‐made paper.View Catalog Record: http://uclid.uc.edu/record=b111825

"Hon. Secretary of War, Washington D.C. At 4:40 P.M. Today Gen. Grant Telegraphs as Follows, to Wit:" : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a group of three object that are part of a larger collection of Lincoln materials at the Public Library. They were displayed in the Lincoln/Doris Kearns Goodwin exhibit at the Cincinnati Room from September through December of 2021.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C367742