Re: Book finding [was Re: Obscure languages]

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On Sunday 30 September 2001 20:27, you wrote:

> When buying old books, I really try for literature if possible. I mean,
> the corpus of the laws of the State of Illinois from the 1850s (which,
> incidentally, is available at Powell's) might be interesting for a
> historian of 19th century America since Abraham Lincoln probably helped
> write them, but it's not for me.  I'm thinking my next buys, if I can
> afford it, will be either (1) that bilingual copy of Longinus, (2) that
> bilingual copy of Marcus Aurelius, or (3) a first-edition copy of J. R. R.
> Tolkien's _Simarillion_, also available at Powell's.  Or maybe the 18th
> century copy of the Code of Justian. I don't know! There's so much beauty
> there, it boggles the mind.
>
I'd go for both Tolkien and Justian. Tolkien is just nice to assemble a
shelf of good copies of, and Justian is quite unique.

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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org
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