@Lana - Personally, I wouldn't do anything to alter the patina, but it's really a matter of personal choice. .
It's Masonic; see the order blank in the endmatter: https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/content/books/ebooks/king-solomon-and-his-followers.pdf
No doubt @Christmasjoy will be along shortly to identify these rectal thermometers things. .
@Lucille.b - Most of the Mascots I've seen in this "series" were Jacques Cartier designs: https://www.pintower.com/media/474848354437027102 The...
@komokwa - I Love the latest avatar - what a stunning Himalayan Colourpoint Persian! .
@Christmasjoy - Joy - even if you're considering using it, you're in grave danger. .
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@Nooshie - I believe, more properly, it's a Seven Chakra fantasy magic crystal healing quack medicine Reiki Healing Wand and soup stirrer....
@KikoBlueEyes - They appear to be Anandalite - or "Anandolyte" if you prefer.
@Fid - Yes, yes - French, of course. We all know those lines from La Marseillaise! "No arms, citoyens; Préparer l'amputation...." .
@Any Jewelry - That's still nicer than standing on other people's heads. .
@2manybooks - Winner, winner, chicken dinner! .
@Any Jewelry - I don't think so, and I've ruled out a lot of Middle Eastern roots and variants. Based on this character: [ATTACH] I think the...
@Karl Brown - The watermark doesn't appear in the 4 volume Briquet, but there are quite a few more modern searchable watermark databases online:...
A very common decorative technique for many centuries - using the symbols for the Evangelists. A trifle difficult to see here, but the four...
I don't even recognise the character forms; it looks like something out of the Voynich Manuscript. If it's Liturgical Geʽez, this must be an...
@Mary Ann - I believe that properly, you have a gate-leg table. Welcome to Antiquers. .
The shield on the tray is the sorority Alpha Phi:...
@Ghopper1924 - "Out Of Series." They don't destroy unsold sets numerically. They're distributed already numbered, and sets unsold are returned...
@Ghopper1924 - Looks like all 38 volumes are present - and so nice to see it in the proper full vellum. .
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