Another longshot: editions of Capo Ferro's Gran Simulacro

[Interested Party]

10th Royal, Nice find. How do you store and conserve a text that old?

Has anyone looked at the Jared Kirby 2021 publication of the "Gran Simulacuro"? If so, is it the same material?

[10thRoyal]

Originally Posted by Interested Party

10th Royal, Nice find. How do you store and conserve a text that old?

I'm actually still trying to figure that out myself so any info would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Interested Party

Has anyone looked at the Jared Kirby 2021 publication of the "Gran Simulacuro"? If so, is it the same material?

After a very helpful conversation with Michael Chidester, the text and format does match the 1629 edition. This edition does not include about half the book, removing all pages that don't have text that describes a specific plate. The Kirby editions looks to be the same format as the 1610 format of Gran Simulacro with the text describing a plate being on the page opposite of the plate describe. On the 1629 and 1652 editions, these descriptive texts are moved directly below the image but the text is more or less the same. So the text matches Kirby, minus the half of the text that isn't paired with specific plates.

[Bob A]

Originally Posted by Interested Party

10th Royal, Nice find. How do you store and conserve a text that old?

Has anyone looked at the Jared Kirby 2021 publication of the "Gran Simulacuro"? If so, is it the same material?

Brodart has archival supplies for libraries. You might also contact the Library of Congress for specifics. If it was mine, I'd probably keep the individual sheets in polyester sleeves, as it looks as though they've been dismounted.

http://www.shopbrodart.com/archival-supplies/

[midelburgo]

Old paper made from rags is much more stable than modern papers, specially those from second half of XIXth century, and war periods. Some acidic inks could give problems, but that would be visible by now. Enclosing in plastic could be problematic if you live in a humid area and mold developes. Probably the worse problem could be silverfish insects (lepisma), because they can ravage single leafs and it is better to avoid sunlight. Leather bindings are a different matter, but you do not have that.

[10thRoyal]

Originally Posted by midelburgo

Old paper made from rags is much more stable than modern papers, specially those from second half of XIXth century, and war periods. Some acidic inks could give problems, but that would be visible by now. Enclosing in plastic could be problematic if you live in a humid area and mold developes. Probably the worse problem could be silverfish insects (lepisma), because they can ravage single leafs and it is better to avoid sunlight. Leather bindings are a different matter, but you do not have that.

You bring up a good point since I live in Florida and humidity is a bit of a thing here. I'll contact someone in the conservation field for information.