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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 24, June 10, 2001, Article 7 BOOK CONSERVATOR SOUGHT Dick Hanscom of Alaska Rare Coins writes: I have really enjoyed the two issues of E-Sylum. I thought that writing to you could provide us with some assistance. About 12 years ago, we purchased a massive collection of books (about 15,000), dating from the 1500s (only 2) to the 1940s. A couple of years later, we purchased the remaining books of the collection, about another 10,000. The older books were mostly in that first purchase. I was thumbing through a book from 1663, and was surprised that all the illustrations were "cuts" of Roman coins. I returned to the title page, and the Latin title translated to "the families of Rome", and then in smaller printing "IN ANTIQVIS NVMISMATIBVS". The book is by Charles Patin, published in 1663 in Paris. The only coin book out of 25,000 books! Now, my reason for writing is not to boast of our good fortune, but to ask if any readers would know a conservator. The book is really in good shape but for one thing. The leather (vellum??) cover is shrinking and warping the boards. My fear is that it will shrink to the point of splitting. Any assistance you or your readers can provide would be appreciated. Thanks very much."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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