restoration
The process of returning a book, document, or
other archival material as nearly as possible to
its original condition. The entire scope of
"restoration" ranges from the repair of a torn
leaf, or removal of a simple stain, to the
complete rehabilitation of the material,
including, at times, deacidification, alkaline
buffering, resizing, filling in missing parts,
resewing, replacement of endpapers and/or boards,
recovering or restoration of the original covering
material, and refinishing in a manner sympathetic
to the time of the original binding of the
publication. Restoration, therefore, encompasses
virtually the entire range of book
work—mending, repairing, rebinding, and
reconstruction. Cf: CONSERVATION . (102 , 233 , 237 )
![[CoOL]](/icons/sm_cool.gif){kind=icon}