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Several Issues With a 1898 Copy Of Marcus Aurelius' Golden Book: 2017-07-27 01:41:58 Post No. 9812406
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Several Issues With a 1898 Copy Of Marcus Aurelius' Golden Book:
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2017-07-27 01:41:58
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I wasn't sure whether to post this here in /lit/erature, or in /his/tory and humanities as it somewhat relates to a historical figure and an historical document.
However, I decided to err on the former and post it here.
I own a 1898 reprint [1,2] of the 1635/1634 1st edition [3] of the 1558 [4] translation of Marcus Aurelius' Golden Book as translated by Isaac Casaubon.
I do have a few issues with this book though:
Major issues:
Parts of the translated text as still in their original Grecian script (which I cannot translate):
>http://i.imgur.com/3sZlKpb.jpg
Some of the pages have been cut incorrectly and haven't been clipped to allow you to open them and therefore available pages are missing due to their encapsulation:
>http://i.imgur.com/o6rNIgi.jpg
>http://i.imgur.com/cGvMlT5.jpg
>http://i.imgur.com/5r1jag4.jpg
Minor issue:
The text is still written in an archaic dialect of English and somewhat abstracts cognition:
>http://i.imgur.com/Sb1Aha7.jpg
Images listed in the text:
>1: http://i.imgur.com/rEw3tH4.jpg
>2: http://i.imgur.com/CgjXLCv.jpg
>3: http://i.imgur.com/U7Dda0D.jpg
>4: http://i.imgur.com/d6O6zih.jpg
Extra images:
>http://imgur.com/a/d5aLZ
So, my questions are:
Should I consider freeing the trapped pages?
Should I keep this copy for posterity and seek out a newer edition for learning material?
How would /lit/ addess this situation?
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>>9812406
>Should I consider freeing the trapped pages?
yes
>Should I keep this copy for posterity and seek out a newer edition for learning material?
yes
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>>9812584
>Should I consider freeing the trapped pages?
>yes
I was trying to figure out the best course of action to do this as I don't have the correct equipment.
Either slicing along the fold axis, or slicing near to the fold axis across both limbs; but I'd like to avoid causing undue damage.
>Should I keep this copy for posterity and seek out a newer edition for learning material?
>yes
Any recommendations as toward which?
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>>9812406
>Some of the pages have been cut incorrectly and haven't been clipped to allow you to open them and therefore available pages are missing due to their encapsulation:
This is actually completely normal for older books. It is mentioned in Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina (the former has many uncut, i.e. unread books on his shelf, the latter is described reading and cutting a book). If you intend to read it, pick a letter opener or something similar and just cut it. But a collector might pay more if it is uncut...
>Should I keep this copy for posterity and seek out a newer edition for learning material?
Only you can answer that question.
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