Rabi Leṿi ben Gershom : Perush ʿal ha-Torah (Venice, 1547)
Before treatment
Treatment:
- Boards stabilised with tabs of Japanese paper toned with liquid acrylics. Toned aerocotton used for tabs on head and tail panels.
- Inner hinges of Kozo paper pasted beneath joints. Where visible, these were toned using shavings of pastel pencil mixed with wheat starch paste.
- Loose fragment of tailcap re-attached onto tabs of toned paper.
- Tears in right flyleaf and title-page and four succeeding leaves repaired with Kozo paper, toned tengu paper and wheat starch paste.
- Surface cleaned with latex sponge.
After treatment
