BEIN 2018 +28: Dust jacket. Accompanied by silk crepeline sample."A piece of the silk crepeline that William Berwick used to conserve George Washington's Last Will and Testament ... is included in only 52 special copies" --card accompanying sample.Includes bibliographical references (pages [540]-607) and index."This book interweaves two related histories: the professional biography of William Berwick (1848-1920), who was the preeminent manuscript restorer in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and an exploration of the world of paper conservation in the U.S. and Western Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--Introduction, page 1.
Subject Terms:
Berwick, William, 1848–1920. | Paper -- Preservation -- United States -- History. | Paper -- Preservation -- Europe -- History. | Archival materials -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- History. | Archival materials -- Conservation and restoration -- Europe -- History. | Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration.