1 comments about Armorial universel: Contenant les armes des principales maisons, estatz et dignitez des plus considérables royaumes de l'Europe.

1. This book is simply a joke, a not funny joke, but a bad joke.
   Main of the pages from this book are composed with pictures (very nice do you think), but as all pictures are near to be illegible, so much they are badly printed, that want to say only that main of the book is illegible. In fact, if I bought a note-book to write what I have to buy at the supermarket, I would bought a more usable and less expensive product.
   So, this book is absolutly to be banished.
   This editor would have been only a funny joker, if he would not choose to sell books...

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No comments about A Future for the Past: A Joint Conference of English Heritage and the Cathedral Architects Association 25-26 March 1994.

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2 comments about Caring for Your Antiques & Collectibles.

1. The book was full of nice tips and information on general caring/storing of collections. However I found it too general, and in most cases, with topics/items that I am very much interested in, the information is too general that it is not much help for me. There was clearly lack of more indepth information on papermoney and coin as well as Toy collections. As well as not much information on how and where to purchase containers and other means of storage. The book I received also did not have the same cover as showed in the webpage, though title and author was the same.



2. Whether a novice just beginning to acquire a special collection of their own, or the seasoned antique dealer, Caring For Your Antiques & Collectibles is packed with practical information that is essential to protect and care for treasured artifacts in a professional and effective manner. These are time-tested techniques practiced by museum curators, auction house experts, conservators, and restorers and offer a wealth of tips for identifying, treating, and preventing damage to antiques and collectibles made from a wide variety of materials. Whether collecting for your own satisfaction, or professionally for commercial or public display, begin by a careful reading of Caring For Your Antiques & Collectibles.

1 comments about The Restoration of Vintage and Thoroughbred Motorcycles.

1. This book is a must for anyone considering the restoration of an antique motorcycle. You will be shown strange motorcycle technology that you never thought existed! Jeff Clew does a great job in explaining what manufacturers chose to do why they did it to your bike. You have to give the author credit; explaining British Bike logic is hard to do!

   Sometimes the logic is there, and sometimes the logic is lost, but the author makes that point too, and will tell you when and why something was better. If your own motorcycle has a particularly odd bit of technology integrated into a broken part, you're often stuck with what you've got. Jeff Clew explains how to go about setting it right, and points you in the right direction for a top-notch restoration.

   The book does not cover any one project from start to finish, and rightly so. That is not the intent. Doing a step-by-step restoration of one bike would actually take away from this book. It would ignore other bikes out there and the reader would lose the great overview that this book describes so well.

   So, go elsewhere if you want someone to tell you exactly how to restore your 1914 Douglas from basket to beauty. It will instead tell you what kind of trouble to expect during a restoration project, and help you get a clearer picture of what is necessary to rebuild a classic motorcycle. Sadly, some people just buy a set of Whitworth wrenches and think they can have at it! What they really need is a book like this to give them a dose of reality. Motorcycle restoration is extremely time consuming and takes a lot of patience. This book serves two purposes: It is a beautiful overview of the subject and it is also fair warning for what you might be getting yourself into.

No comments about The Conservation and Preservation of Islamic Manuscripts: Proceedings of the Third Conference of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation: 18th-19th Nove ... / Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation).

No comments about Recueil de lettres sur la peinture, la sculpture et l'architecture: Écrites par les plus grands maîtres et les plus illustres amateurs... éd., trad. et enrichi de notes par L.-J. Jay.

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