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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4395709, member: 111037&quot;]One has to spend the time somehow during lockdown, and I realised that even though I like to collect old books, I very rarely actually read them! That is because old and frail books are hard to read, and I tend to avoid handling them too much and usually go for an electronic version if I really want to read the content.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an electronic version of what I now picked to read from my library, but this one is a pocket book (thus easier to read on a sofa) and is full of interesting gravures that usually are missing from the electronic versions.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the &#039;Adventures of Telemachus&#039; written in 1699 by Fenelon the archbishop of Cambrai. We often accuse Hollywood of unecesary sequels, prequels, or spin-offs, but this one was written much earlier and is a fictional account of Telemachus&#039; journey to find his father Ulysees. My copy is an english translation printed in 1749. A difficult and slow read, but it has 24 miniature plates which I love plus a very interesting 17th century fold-out map of the med.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105466[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105467[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105468[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105469[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105470[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105471[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105472[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105473[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105474[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105479[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin-wise, I haven&#039;t bought anything in a while and what I do is to add interesting coins in my favourites folder. To my horror, they usually get sold after a couple of days. People are still buying coins, I guess they are not afraid of virulent postmen... One thing I noticed though is that in the last few days the number of new coins hitting the usual online marketplaces has been dramatically reduced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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