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Selection of Materials for the Storage Or Display of Museum Objects
There is little point in conserving an object if the storage conditions to which it is to be returned contributed to its deterioration. This book presents the full range of tests, for materials used in constructing storage and display areas, which are used at the British museum and describes standard procedures for carrying them out. It is a valuable source of information for curators, conservators and designers and will enable those with access to relatively basic equipment to carry out their own tests.
Catalogue: Authors
Its outstanding feature is the inclusion of journal articles. For more than 50 years the periodicals have been indexed, as well as compilations such as Festschriften, and the proceedings of congresses.
The Parthenon Sculptures
The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context. Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture--pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze--and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photo...
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 1903-1911
Excerpt from Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum, 1903-1911: Vols. IV-X Altaica, 6 ptochica, 6 fascirufa, 6 venata, 9 glaucopis, 9 cn'stzzfera, 6 ingravis, 6 nagaensis, 9, ferrisparsa, 6 costigera, 6 later, 6 rogenhoferi, 6 nimbosa, 6 mystica, 6 scotochlora, 6 adjuncta, 6 prodeniformis, 2 furcala, 6 eversrnanni, 9 schneideri, 9 perdentata, 6 farnhami, 6 ligm'da, 6 radix, 6 atlantica, 6. Vidua, 6 tacoma, 6 quadrata, 6 sofia, 6 sutrina, 6 yasira, 6. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.
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