Fixin’ books in the Wild West
Today marks the reopening of the Smithsonian Museum of American History. If you find yourself lucky enough to be in DC, check out the slate of celebratory events. Along with the ribbon-cutting ceremony, there will be a firing of a REAL 1812 cannon, a reading of the Gettysburg Address by Gen. Colin Powell and lots [...]
I often curse when I have to reverse patch up jobs done on books with poor materials and inept hands, so it’s somewhat comforting to hear that this happens on a much larger scale as well.
The Ambrosiana Library of Milan has announced that they are going to dismantle the Codex Atlanticus, a huge collection of [...]
I saw this editorial cartoon and I had to shout, “DON”T USE TAPE!!!”
Still, some mending is in order…
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