The Gathering’s Cabinet of Curiosities: ‘The Russian Soldier Book’ | The Book

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The Gathering’s Cabinet of Curiosities brings you the weird and wonderful from around the world of conservation and cultural heritage. Today we present you with ‘The Russian Soldier Book’. Dominic Riley writes:

I was in the Czech Republic in June 2013, giving a presentation on the conservation of cloth bindings for the Czech bookbinders, and following the conference a few of us had a quick trip to Vienna. We made a stop at the library in Horn, a beautiful ancient town in Lower Austria, which has a very good medieval library and, as many people will know, is a centre for conservation in Europe. 



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