Manual of Document Microphotography

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There is no compendium like the Manual of Document Microphotography. It describes important cost-effective means of making rare, fragile and irreplaceable documents available for research and study. A microfilm copy is easily reproduced and convenient in size, while faithfully recording all the detail of the original.

Michael J. Gunn's forty years in the micrographics industry have enabled him to produce a unique practical manual, that draws together material from numerous sources and includes much never previously published.

Microphotographic techniques for all documentary sources are discussed: books and manuscripts of paper, parchment or fabric, maps, blueprints, drawings, engravings, photographs, X-rays and paintings. The general principles are outlined and evaluated by placing them in the context of good practice.

The author has sat on the Micrographics Committees of the British Standards Institute (BSI), and is a past delegate to the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and has been responsible for drafting many of the micrographics standards in use today.