Re: [BKARTS] copies

[Katherine Harris <drkatherineharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could take digital photographs of it by setting it up in direct light
and snapping away.  Also, there's a book scanner out there that's allows the
book to placed face down at a 90 degree angle: OpticBook 3600
(http://www.plustek.com/products/book.htm).  I haven't used this yet, but
it's slated for use in one of my projects.  

Regards,
Katherine Harris
Asst. Prof. of English
San Jose State University 

-----Original Message-----
From: Book_Arts-L [mailto:BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lavinia
Adler
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:31 AM
To: BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [BKARTS] copies

There are photocopiers available which are made just for books which are
unable to be placed flat on the glass plate of a regular copier.
Unfortunately I have no idea where one finds them. If a local copy shop
doesn't have one, perhaps a nearby university library might?

Lavinia Adler

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:29:57 -0500 velma bolyard <velma@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Hi List,
> I recently purchased a lovely, small, Dictionary of Natural History 
> printed in 1815 in England that is in quite good shape. It has many 
> tiny plates that are hand colored and charming for their detail, both 
> accurate and mythical. The blue cloth cover is good, paper is crisp 
> and only slightly mellowed by age, there is a tear in the back 
> endsheet hinge where it's pasted to the case. (I may have vocabulary 
> messed up,
> here.)  The color in the plates is fine. I would like to make 
> photocopies of the plates, but have many concerns. Opening the book 
> completely flat isn't possible (it opens easily, but not flat) but 
> will opening it repeatedly (about 20 times) to place even lightly on a 
> copier harm the book? Do any of you have advice for me regarding this?
> Any advice is appreciated.
> Velma Bolyard
> 
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