Adopt a Book Scheme
The Worth Library currently has a number of books which are in need of conservation. If you would like to adopt one of the books below, please download the Adopt a Book payment form. Once the book has been conserved, a webpage acknowledging the donation and outlining the process will be added to the Edward Worth Library website.
We currently have six books awaiting conservation:
Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521), Stultifera Nauis ([Basel]; 1497).
For more information about this book see: https://edwardworthlibrary.ie/Book-of-the-Month/2012-June-Book-of-the-Month
Comment: Both boards detached.  €1,200
Etymologikon mega kata alphabeton, panu psphelimon. To alpha, methealtou.Venice: [8 July 1499].
For more information about this book see: https://edwardworthlibrary.ie/Book-of-the-Month/2012-September-Etymologicum-Magnum
Comment: Paper restoration is necessary. €200
Ashmole, Elias; 1617-1692. Theatrum chemicum Britannicum (London, 1652).
Comment: Both boards detached and some of the spine covering is loose. There is also some paper damage.  €1,200
 
Ovid; 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D., The art of love: in imitation of Ovid De arte amandi. With a preface containing the life of Ovid. By W. King (London, 1708).
Comment: Back board is detached.  €1,200
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of; 1647-1680. Poems, &c. on several occasions: with Valentinian, a tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester(London, 1696).
Comment: Back board is detached. €1,200
More, Henry; 1614-1687.Philosophicall poems, by Henry More: Master of Arts, and Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge (Cambridge, 1647). Signed by Thomas Parnell.
Comment: spine has detached. €1,200
