Milton Watkins
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Major Page Repairs to Large Family Bible
1885 Family Bible Before & After
This Family Bible has really suffered severe damage to many pages, and required resewing of signatures and total reline of spine, rounded and backed, Family History pages added and originals repaired including Photo Pages at rear. Customer was very very happy.
Large Family Bible
1815 Family Bible Before & After views
Cover removed and old spine scraped off as not recoverable, Text Block (pages) were tissue repaired where required, spine was stripped of old glue to have sewing inspected, new paste and spine linings including Cheese Cloth & Mull and open back paper linings pasted on spine. Usually I save as much of the original Binding as possible, even blending new leather into the old, but Customer had requested new Leather Binding Bound in Period style, new spine with raised bands, incorporating original Brass Clasps, Gold tooling period lines and corner motif on front and back covers, Gold tooling on spine.
Large Family Bible
19th Century Family Bible Before & After
Many pages repairs using Archival Tissue, repaired and re-sewn signatures full Leather Under=back Restoration to give this Family Bible New Life but still looks like the Old Family Bible they gave me, now all in one piece that will now stand the test of time.