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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nicholas Molinari, post: 7608227, member: 78411&quot;]I picked up a copy of Alciati&#039;s <i>Emblemata</i> (1500s) that did not have the original binding but still a very old binding (c. 1700s) that is in decent shape.&nbsp; When I asked my antiquarian friend (he owns the well-known Brattle Bookshop in Harvard Square) about rebinding he told me that rebinding would not impact the value and that it was completely a matter of preference.&nbsp; I was really shocked by this, but he insisted, and obviously he knows much more about the market than I do. Of course, if a really old book has the original binding in good shape his advice would not be applicable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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