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Re: Book finding [was Re: Obscure languages]

From:Boudewijn Rempt <boud@...>
Date:Sunday, September 30, 2001, 18:32
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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. - -- Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7t2TvN8fj6DnPxOgRAiBNAJ962zPh9vFgVwLNHcxY6Q9SLfOUIwCghX5d KoVxqMHt72RHhDkMthN4NyE= =XbQz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----