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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 559581, member: 25"]It is bound in vellum, very durable and not uncommon on early books, although 1710 is a bit late for its general use.</p><p>Religious books are often in really good condition because they sit on shelves unread for hundreds of years. Cookbooks and medical texts, not so much, but they were useful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I notice it was written by Mel C, obviously some time before she joined the Spice Girls, making her rather older than she looks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 559581, member: 25"]It is bound in vellum, very durable and not uncommon on early books, although 1710 is a bit late for its general use. Religious books are often in really good condition because they sit on shelves unread for hundreds of years. Cookbooks and medical texts, not so much, but they were useful. I notice it was written by Mel C, obviously some time before she joined the Spice Girls, making her rather older than she looks.[/QUOTE]
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