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What are some of the oldest books in your house?

>> No.14786246

not a book but i have a vellum notarized manuscript from 1666 france

>> No.14786443

I have a 1940 edition of Look Homeward Angel

My mother has an 1881 King James Bible

>> No.14786455

>>14786006
2nd english edition of 20,000 leagues under the sea. It might as well be unreadable, it falls apart if you try to open it

>> No.14786481

>>14786006
1940 Best Known Works of Voltaire

>> No.14786486

>>14786006
>5 Stories by Willa Cather (circa 1905)
>Franny and Zooey (1966)
>The Subterraneans (1968)

>> No.14787681
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>>14786006
how do i get gf like this

>> No.14787684

>>14787681
>>14786006
do you think pretty women are even metaphysically capable of producing stinky farts brehs

>> No.14787698

1729.

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>>14787698
Here's a picture of the first page. El ParnaFo Español.

>> No.14787712

>>14786006
I have a copy of On Liberty by John Stuart Mill from 1875.

>> No.14787810
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>>14786006
An 1882 handbook on Animal Magnetism and Clairvoyance.

>> No.14787844

>Sartor Resartus & on heroes - no date but '1910' is written on the first page so likely from before then
>biography of Augustus - 1911
>latin-english dictionary - 1929
>Decline of the West one volume unabridged - 1939

>> No.14787872

>>14787684
Yes. Their prettiness is an imbalance, so their farts smell awful by necessity. That is also why ugly women have pleasant ones.

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>>14787684
No, they obviously smell like perfume if at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fSL8lXSPqc

>> No.14788018

>>14786006
Not a book per second, but in book form: the constitution of my fraternity from 1820

>> No.14788165

>>14787681
>gf
>thinking that's a girl

>> No.14788191

I own a bible from 1860s

>> No.14788192

>>14786006
The ones written by my grandad on mythology before he passed. I still miss him anons, he used to tell me stories when i was a kid.

>> No.14788213

>>14788165
it IS a girl moron

>> No.14788227

>>14788213
cope

>> No.14788250

>>14786006
Has she streamed on twitch yet?

>> No.14788252

Really old War and Peace

>> No.14788273

>>14787681
This. Does anyone have a picture of her boyfriend? I want to know how good I should be to qualify.

>> No.14788323

>>14786006
The Wisdom of Winston Churchill edited by F.B.Czarnomski 1956.

>> No.14788354

>>14788273
>Want's a patreon e-begger for a gf
You literally just need money. That's what she is wet for.

>> No.14788564

>>14786006
I have a part of a French religious treaty from the late 1600s

>> No.14788718

>>14788564
Who by?

>> No.14788759

>>14786006
A copy of Plato’s Republic from around WWI.

>> No.14788773

>>14788718
Jean Mabillon.
It's actually not a treaty, I don't know why I used that word.

>> No.14788776

I've got a 1924 edition of The Odyssey by H. B. Cotterhill

>> No.14788789

>>14788773
What is it then? Is is still readable?

>> No.14788801

>>14788789
It's
https://books.google.fr/books?id=9cY1AAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=mabillon&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=cQXnT-mJJYLMhAf0wbXgCQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=mabillon&f=false
It's still plenty readable but the s that kinda looks like a f in old French typography is fucking annoying.

>> No.14788812

>>14787684
yes. the rankest smells that have ever occupied my bathrooms were concocted by the feminine anus.

>> No.14788852

>>14786006
most of mine are pre 1970. Probably one form around 1870 in itallian (geometria descriptiva by enzo hoepli) i dont remember exactly the name or where it is.

>> No.14788865

>>14788812
>yes. the rankest smells that have ever occupied my bathrooms were concocted by the feminine anus.
imagine allowing a member of the female sex into your domicile

>> No.14788871

>>14786006
It is still base consooming even if you call it 'collecting.'

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>>14788852
it is this one but older i think

>> No.14788886

>>14788865
i don't anymore.

>> No.14788908

>>14788871
lol no one mentioned that shut the fuck up faggot

>> No.14789289

>>14788801
>the s that kinda looks like a f in old French typography
That was a convention used throughout Europe. It's in English print as well.

>> No.14789484

1673. French trans. of St Jerome's Letters. Dedicated to Louis XIV's son.

>> No.14789490

>>14789484
Sorry, I meant the translation, not my personal copy, is dedicated to him!

My copy belonged to a monastery.

>> No.14789531

>>14789490
Take pic.

>> No.14789585
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>>14789531

>> No.14789629

>>14786006
1890 Edition of "A Pickle for Knowing Thy Self" by Timothy Dexter

>> No.14789813

>>14789585
Holy shit that's beautiful.

I own a copy of an esoteric book that's world-famous, and many anons here have probably seen a photograph of it. But what you have there is ten times more valuable.

>> No.14790074

>>14789813
>an esoteric book that's world-famous
Do you mind saying which one?

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>>14790074
I would. You can probably guess that because I didn't name it or post a pic already.

If I did it might give book dealers an unfair advantage and allow them to re-value their own copies in a similar way. It's not even even self-interest. If I explained how it might lead to a large-scale price war which could poison the market.

I'm not even a rare book collector. It's just obvious once you understand it. Not a thing I want to be responsible for. If you were my friend irl I'd tell you.

Cheers.

>> No.14790412

i have a 1971 copy of death in midsummer & other stories by mishima

>> No.14790460

I have an English translation of Interpretation of Dreams from 1926.

>> No.14791668

a late 18th century poetry collection but it's falling apart,

>> No.14791746

1888 copy of the Orations of Demosthenes
I don't flip through it because I don't the pages to fall out (cheap binding)

>> No.14791762

Marriage bible from great grandparents. Guess it's around a hundred years old. Also have a map of where I live from the 1600's.