The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-25 00:00:00

ART OF RESTORING BOOKS 'fsc:

• A very curious and. valuable antique coin was
lately dug ,up by- alibi:Ater, in the neighbourhood
of Kelso., 'Os pure.gold, and in the most perfect
preservation. On the one aide is a beautiful head
crowned with laurel, encircled with the words
Nero :Cesar; op the reverse -a full length figuttly
crowtied, holding in the one hand .an olive branch,
and on the other, a small winged figure in the atti-
tude of hurling thunder.. This sidc is. encircled
with the words, Augustus, Germaictis. P:rhaps
there does nut:exist another instance of so,amique
a coin in such entire preservation; This-coin.is in
the possessiOnof a Gentleman at Kelso,.

Her Majesty the Empress JoitsPHlNt has put 41
in requisition twelve cows, ,tivo bulls, and lour
maids from Switzerland, destined to improve the
breed of cattle in her. Imperial dominion;„ Her ,1
Majesty has, besides, ordered •three of the ficit
French artists to draw portraits of these Swiss cows,
bulls, and maids, afut to have their, performances
'ready before the tst Frudidor, of the zoth of Au. .4
gust; that they-usay be exhibited in the yearly show
of: pidures ut .the,Museum every September. He
whose-portraits are.judged the best finished- wilrre.
ceive so Louis d'ors each,. and the others 25 Louis
&Up each ; hhides the value their labours ate
judged to merit,:by DAYto, and some other Mem.
bets of the National institute.

The Assizei fur Lincoln closed on WidtiesdaY,
when'T. Newtolz, charged with the. wilful murder
of his father, was acquitted on the ground of inia.
"pity, whiCh was ploVed WILLts; but he
'Was-Ordered'io be kept in confinement duriog the
KING"i pleasure'.
Tti e KuanstoNo DucTitEss.The Worcester
Join POl relates rite following Anecdote Of this lin.
postor,, as the writer styles her; .sw-A Gentleman;
came to her habitation in a. post-chaise, and alighted'
with difficulty, being i:pparentli very lame. He called
with great pia.' pririfur anxiety for the husband, and
putting apieie or gpld into his hand, was, with his
conveyed through the crowd (which. is
always very 'great) into the barn. The
.Peophetesi
immediately a,,ked '' if he.had faith?" '' Oh.
.yes,.You good Ang,..'l," fle said, " after all I have
heard ofyOur
,miracles,. I have more faith than any
body- ~and:lknow You can cure me if you try."-;..
" Well then," says she, " you.shall be cured "—lift-
-ing her eyes to heaven, and pronouncing the trance
:Prayer, she rubbed his leg.and thigh till he began to
stretch them out without }rain; the lame Gentiman
was soon able to walk upright, and the transports of
his gratitude were great indeed ! After sZeddi.vg
m aqy
,tefirs. of lay,. I;,e would insist upon the husband
taking three or four small Bank Note:, but, recollect-
ing lumself, he said inc would not leave less than tol.,
and, producing a fine shewy-looking Bill, With the
words " pay to the Bank, c,f li:ngland (but
of no.value), he told the Ohl' 'Man to giVe him 431.
and said, ticat. W.3s be ran travelling to a considerahla
distancei be-wriuld certainly leave the ea they
should find him suds alriend as they never had be-
fare: the offer was-too god to he refused, thehus.
,band instantly gave this generous Gentleman the
401. part of the contributions•of the creduloui whO
visit this impostor, and they piled mutually pleas-.
ed with each other."

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J. Vim. Ann, at Paris, has been dmploycd for
several years, on the art of restoring, or regene.
rating, books,. designs, outlines, .prints, The.
public is primarily indebted .to the learned Chaptal
for. this valuable discovery.;,but Vialard has carried
it to a high degree of. ptrfeelion. He acknow.
ledges
,that..he has 11:1 instructions from the best
masters ; and that he has discovered nothing pecu,
liar in the art, 'but the improvement of it both in
the use and in the composition. of acid liquors, and
in having been the ;first to render it applicable to
the purposes of commerce.: His first lessons were,
given by M. Roux, Whose talents for the repairing
of prints are :above all culoginm. He is indebted
to IVI. Roger,'an excellent artist in all that relates
to the purification:-ornils, for' hii acquaintance
with the , composi ;ion' 0( acids, M. Heraud, an
apotheclry, now resitting at Briondes,, has likewise
communicated the result of his 'observations : and
the -experithent which they have made together,
have been so much the [Ore useful, in :that they
have condu4ed Citizen Vialard to the composition
of .a, new liquor, indispensable for•removing greasy
sbbst'auees, antl r:coliering paper that is tnotildy,
rotteno 4nd even damaged by sea water. IM.l3aze.
rian, the elder, whose talents. are well known, has
communicated the process of restoring to paper the
strong tone Which had lst, tither from its an.
tiquity, or from its having been stained by aCids....
His judicians-obServations have ben of singukr
help in di'fficul't . circumstances.
.• Citiz ri Vialatcf.
has not been discouraged in his career by the very
many difficulties which he has met with; and Which
might be considered as almost insurmountable.—
His first experiments Servettto suengthen 'his con.
fidence. The flatttring, testimonies "of the con,.
servitors 'of -the, national libraries, and, of others,
the most distinguished by their knowledge, of An...
cient books; attracted the regards ,of, the learned
societies, all of Nvhom have pronounceti;. in his
favour. • Citizen Vialard' can now,. therefwe„ an-
nounce both to the amatruts, od to: those engaged
in,trade, itif,tilihle means of
.restoring.vatuable
articles, the ant,iquity of which is a'fresh-call upon
our gra i: ule to the inventors, of the typographic
art; hut whose bad condition seems
,to..say to the
proprietors, Nolite nos tangere—Touch. us not.—
According to Citizen Vialard, the manutention
(Or *handling) Of spoiled paper is familiar to him.
Ile is well acquainted with the dill, tence of prin.
ter's ink, .and the superior care that is required in
aeddling with what has been used in one;age, to
what has been used in another. The coMpositiOn
of different, acid liquors. rendtrs the application of
them. more easy and safe.; and avers that he can
make, a splendid book .of. one that is worm eaten,
mouldy, rotten, and that . has .been even drenched
in the.sea.water ; and that books in this deplorable
state, which have been consigned to him, have 4
recovered their former beauty and freshness.