The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

**paulhenry** · 25th January 09, 07:06 AM

I've been keeping these pictures for today.

I finished working on a rebinding job of "The Poetical Works of Robert Burns"It was printed in 1821 and was in a very sorry state, lots of loose pages the covers dis-bound, and it basically unreadable in that condition.
I had to separate all the leaves and guard ( re join) them with japanese tissue, then re sew all the signatures over cords. I decided to use heavy boards instead of the very thin ones that were derelict.
Then covered with lovely naturally tanned goatskin , which I then embossed with a picture of Burns and his signature on the covers.Finally a slip case with ribbon was made to protect it, and I used Burns check , as a little artistic conceit.

All of the work was archival, so hopefully it will last another few hundred years.