On Picture Varnishes and Their Solvents
Softbound
1959 · Oberlin, OH
by Feller, Robert L, Nathan Stolow and Elizabeth H. Jones
Oberlin, OH: Intermuseum Conservation Association, 1959. Softbound. VG, previous owners' marks on cover, tape at top and bottom of spine, spine edges demonstrate thinning paper and weakness, but book is solid and clean. Cream wraps. xix, 220 pp. No illus. This scholarly and highly technical book first came out in 1959. The major topics covered are solvents, solvent action, resins and the properties of varnishes, and the removal of varnish, with many headings and subheadings in each part. Also contains many charts and tables, 6 appendices, an index, 9-page bibliography. (Inventory #: 112883)