A contribution to the history of book restoration in Austria - Eleonore Klee

The paper deals with a new finding of a large number of old, disposed book covers found in the monastery of St. Florian in Austria and gives an example of how such finding may be documented best. It is used as an occasion to look at the history of book conservation in Austria, in particular the work of Prof. Eleonore Klee. To give a more comprehensive picture, some notes found in Kremsmünster Abbey concerning Mrs. Klee and her conservation work are described as well. Based on this research, the paper suggests conservation concepts for both the old covers identified at the monastery and the estate of Prof. E. Klee.

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