Would you fix this book?

Scrooge ) wrote:

[...] I have a book from 1633 that is missing its preliminaries (i.e.
title page, frontis, portrait). [...] The British Library [have a copy
and ] a reproduction service and would charge about $30.00.
Would you spend the money and make the effort?

Yes, if it were a book I wanted (an herbal, say) or something
I thought would sell for significantly more than enough to
cover that facsimile cost (as it is, the book is practically
worthless, though you might try e-bay &cet. -- maybe someone
else has a copy with the last pages missing). If it's a book
of sermons by someone unknown, forget about it. If it
contains illustrations, consider cannibalizing it (*sigh*).

Don Fitch,
who has an herbal from that era with the engraved title-page
strangely-patched with nearly-random snippets from other
engravings, but couldn't possibly afford a better copy.

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