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Damage on leather and parchment bindings

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v_charneau Registered: December 2004 Posts: 4,164	Damaged leather and parchment on book bindings dating from the 16th to the 19th century. Caused by mechanical wear as well as exposure to light and air borne polluants.
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	Keywords: books damage
	Photographer: Wolfgang Kreuzer/Austrian National Library
	Copyright: © IfR/ÖNB, Wolfgang Kreuzer 2008
	Date: 2008
	Place: Vienna
	Country: Austria
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