There is a new somewhat hidden option on the gallica/BNF website, that allows to save medium-high resolution scans (150 dpi) that are much better than the horrible pdf-downloads (50-60 dpi):
Enter zoom mode (click the magnifying icon), then "select a part of the image for export" (the dashed rectangle icon).
Select the entire page - A pop-up window opens with 2 options, the second option is new:
Choose "Dans une résolution supérieure (format plus grand, meilleure lisibilité): Cliquez ici"
and the entire page opens in a new window, from which one can save a medium-high resolution jpg (ca.150dpi - l=5, vs l=6 for max resolution and l=3 for the pdf-downloads). These 150 dpi scans are very readable!
To change pages, it is not necessary to repeat these steps, simply change pages in the url bar from f1 to f2, f3...
The jpg's are at 72dpi with hugely bloated dimensions. I myself find it easiest to simply copy and paste each picture in Photoshop into a preset empty pdf with corrected page size (you can find the original page size in the gallica catalog info) and save.
All pages have to combined at the end into a multipage pdf file.
The higher resolution l=6 scans at max zoom cannot be accessed in their entirety, however they can be opened in four quartersize files, which have to be combined for each page.
Example: If the entire page at l=5 is 1816x2376 pixel, then at l=6 just the top left quadrant of the page opens (0,0,2376,1816).
The remaining quadrants can be accessed with (0,1816,2376,1816), (2376,0,2376,1816) and (2376,1816,2376,1816).
Copy and paste these 4 images into the corners of a preset pdf of 3632x4752 pixel, collapse layers (cropping optional) and save. Only if the margins of the original scans vary it may be necessary to manually move the parts to fit exactly together.
Took me about 2-3 min. per page for the La mer files - still lots of work!
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