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<p>[QUOTE="McAdder, post: 471723, member: 7942"]Here you can check if your book is complete: <a href="https://archive.org/details/b30342065" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/b30342065" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/b30342065</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>The subject of the book will be interesting not only for collectors, but also for Pharmacists, physicians, chemists etc, who want to have one old book about their profession. These buyers generally don't mind a missing page too much and I have seen bad books go high on Ebay because they have the "Harry Potter magic book feeling". It is a huge plus that this book is in English vs Latin, German or French, because almost anybody can read English today, the language has not changed much since 1669, and except for the long S the typeface is the same used today. (Vs Black letters many people have problems reading today.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors on the other hand often have the one bookbinder they trust, many are skilled bookbinders themselves. I would say its almost always better not to invest in a restoration, except for really rare and expensive books you want to sell in a prestigious auction house, and there the auction house will assist you. (This is not one of those books) I would say this book should bring considerably more than £ 50-100 if it is complete. Its very important that you check if the book is complete and list every missing page or page with text loss.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="McAdder, post: 471723, member: 7942"]Here you can check if your book is complete: [URL]https://archive.org/details/b30342065[/URL] The subject of the book will be interesting not only for collectors, but also for Pharmacists, physicians, chemists etc, who want to have one old book about their profession. These buyers generally don't mind a missing page too much and I have seen bad books go high on Ebay because they have the "Harry Potter magic book feeling". It is a huge plus that this book is in English vs Latin, German or French, because almost anybody can read English today, the language has not changed much since 1669, and except for the long S the typeface is the same used today. (Vs Black letters many people have problems reading today.) Collectors on the other hand often have the one bookbinder they trust, many are skilled bookbinders themselves. I would say its almost always better not to invest in a restoration, except for really rare and expensive books you want to sell in a prestigious auction house, and there the auction house will assist you. (This is not one of those books) I would say this book should bring considerably more than £ 50-100 if it is complete. Its very important that you check if the book is complete and list every missing page or page with text loss.[/QUOTE]
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