of Comellas Rare Books 2026-02-21T18:18:50+02:00 Copyright 2004-2005 Ublog Reload 1.0.5 JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=80#89 2026-03-13T12:44:01+02:00 2026-03-13T12:44:01+02:00 2026-03-13T12:44:01+02:00
Thank you for this thoughtful contribution, and for letting a little Italian wander through the shelves of this blog. On a site where readers borrow the names of writers, it seems only fair that the languages of Europe should also circulate among the books.

You invoke Montesquieu’s famous remark about books that speak of other books - and I cannot help thinking that the Encyclopédiste whose name you have chosen might have smiled at the paradox. After all, entire volumes of the Encyclopédie could be read as conversations about knowledge already written elsewhere.

Your reminder that libraries in literature often reveal the soul of a character is very true. Cervantes knew it well when he inspected Don Quixote’s shelves, and many writers after him have done the same. A library is never merely furniture in a story: it is often a portrait.

And I particularly enjoyed your final image: books as living presences in the microcosm of a library. Librarians sometimes suspect that this is not entirely a metaphor.

So thank you for adding this voce italiana to the discussion!]]> DIDEROT (D.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=80#88 2026-02-23T07:48:17+02:00 2026-02-23T07:48:17+02:00 2026-02-23T07:48:17+02:00 Mantenere desto l'interesse sulla carta stampata e quindi sui libri è operazione necessaria per contribuire a formare un'opinione generale che possa salvarli dall’irrilevanza.
La Letteratura è ricca di opere nelle quali ad un certo punto si parla di libri e di biblioteche. Cervantes, Manzoni, Musil, Stendhal, Melville, Swift e tanti altri sanno che il carattere intrinseco di un personaggio, le opinioni prevalenti in un ambiente sociale, vengono meglio chiariti elencando i libri di cui possono disporre ed -eventualmente- condividerne il testo.
Ma spesso le librerie citate non si limitano a fornire l’ambientazione per le storie, a palesare le conoscenze bibliografiche di un autore, ma assumono valenze simboliche diventando metafora dei rapporti complessi che legano l’uomo alla sua storia e alla parola scritta.
Trattare i libri come esseri senzienti, come persone vive nel microcosmo di ogni biblioteca, vuol dire immergersi in una realtà atemporale, dove le possibilità di interazione e conoscenza sono infinite.
]]> LAMBERT (J. H.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=79#80 2025-09-07T05:05:24+02:00 2025-09-07T05:05:24+02:00 2025-09-07T05:05:24+02:00
But I don’t think such a case can be made, except in very rare cases, for printed books. My purchase of a 16th century science book, printed in Milan, was cancelled due to the denial of an export license. The Italian government could locate no copy in an Italian library, so it was thought necessary to sequester the book somewhere in Italy. “Italy” didn’t exist in the 16th century. Why the modern state of Italy should hold on to such a thing escaped me.

The very nature of “the book” demands that it be looked upon by as many eye as possible. Books are printed to be sold, to disperse, to wander, to change hands, to change minds. At the heart of this issue (and I mean ‘issue’ not ‘problem’) is the difference between “book as object” and “book as instrument”. Unusual perhaps, my attraction to books as a collector has always been to them as instruments. As Denys Hay wrote at the end of his wonderful essay that introduces Printing and the Mind of Man: “The printed page illuminates the mind of man and defies, in so far as anything sublunary can, the corrosive hand of Time.”
]]> CAMUS (A.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=79#79 2025-09-05T17:08:03+02:00 2025-09-05T17:08:03+02:00 2025-09-05T17:08:03+02:00 JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#78 2023-09-09T19:40:18+02:00 2023-09-09T19:40:18+02:00 2023-09-09T19:40:18+02:00 Dear "COPERNIC",

thank you so much for your detailed note and for sharing with us your own experience with AI !

I agree with most of your thoughts. In particular, I find extremely significant that despite the unbelievable improvements of this technology over the last years, it still remains unable to dig efficiently into the huge amount of information the study of books requires to handle. It still lacks the ability of priorizing and classifying properly, depending on the context, the information it collects, and uses little tricks (like referring to the user's previous requests vaguely related to the same subject) to make its speech look plausible, without any safety proceeding to dismiss errors and factual unconsistency.

As a result it often produces complete nonsense when questionned about our specialized field of rare books. What is funny and worrying at the same time with our common friend, Mr. ChatGPT (or Mrs., but that is another question), is the self-confidence it sprays in his responses, while making totally wrong statements. It's able to speak for hours but it's just a machine, after all, and you should'nt expect him to always make much sense. Why is it worrying? Well, just because unexperienced rare book lovers will perhaps tend to believe in excess what it says.

I do believe that human knowledge, experience and reflection are still necessary to investigate rare books efficiently. Our reference library, here at the book shop, gathers litterally thousands of volumes. It's not all about being able to browse billions of words and relating them in a given context. It's perhaps even more important to be able to check the right reference with the proper perspective, and to draw a line that connects one source of information with another. This requires a different approach than just searching a chain of characters within tons of printed pages, and AI doesn't seem ready yet to perform this search without human supervision.

That being said we have certainly beautiful tools to be brought to us in the future by AI and serious collectors of rare books, either private or institutional, will definitely see a wider range of tools helping them to raise a deeper understand and knowledge of their material.

]]> COPERNIC (N.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#77 2023-09-09T15:40:23+02:00 2023-09-09T15:40:23+02:00 2023-09-09T15:40:23+02:00
Part I: The AI promise!

In my view AI will change serious book collecting a lot. Those of us, who revel in establishing the print history of a certain book, edition, issue will see their endeavors enriched by completely new capabilities of technology. No more hunting for small changes in texts, spelling, punctuation. No more fear of missing out on minute detail during collation that might hold the key for establishing or refuting hypotheses of the way a certain text evolved over time. The accessibility of large data of digitised books will also allow us to solve many puzzles of provenance that hitherto had no chance of ever being solved. Think of the ability to get a better understanding of the composition of libraries of the past.

The downside of this? Our own knowledge will be seriously devalued. Those of us with the ability to remember books, auctions, marks of provenance will find their expert status seriously diminished. Value will be less in memory, and more in the ability to ask the right questions to AI. May be this has a good side too. Younger collectors will find it much easier to enter the discussion.

And the book market? It seems even more concentration on desireable copies of a certain book will be the consequence. But may be more books will deemed to be interesting as we start to learn even about the lesser authors and works.

As you can see I am an optimist. Change has many advantages. If you belong to those that feel the way to get there is more interesting than the destination, you will have a wonderful journey ahead of you. For those of us, who try to preserve the status quo by collecting the past, things look dreary indeed.

Part II: AI Reality today!

But mind you, all of this is far out. Reality is and will be for years to come different. Here is an example. I have recently acquired a book on economic thought dated 1691. The title page had an ownership inscrpition, which read "Rich. Rooth"... after three hours of research I understand that this has been Irishman Richard Rooth (1657-1726), who was a friend of the Quaker William Penn (1644-1718). Penn had secured Rooth the governorship of Kinsale, Ireland, as a successor to this father. Both fathers had served in the Royal Navy.

Then I asked ChatGPT, what it is that we know about him. Here is the answer:

"Richard Rooth (1657-1726) was a French economist and writer known for his work during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He is often associated with early economic thought and writings on economic policy. Here are a few key points about him:

Economic Thought: Richard Rooth is known for his contributions to economic thought, particularly his views on taxation and public finance. He wrote about economic issues during the reign of Louis XIV in France.

"La France Sous le Règne de Louis Boisguilbert": One of his notable works is "La France Sous le Règne de Louis Boisguilbert," which can be translated as "France Under the Reign of Louis Boisguilbert." This work is an important historical source for understanding economic conditions in France during that era.

Influence: Rooth's ideas were influenced by the writings of Richard Cantillon, another early economist. He explored the role of taxation and its impact on the economy, including the burden of taxes on different segments of society.

Legacy: While not as well-known as some of the later economists of the Enlightenment period, Richard Rooth's work contributes to our understanding of economic thought in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His writings shed light on economic conditions and debates of his time."

Needless to say that all of that is pure nonsense... however also interesting to note is that the AI seemed to have used previous questions I had asked about Pierre LePesant Boisguilbert.

Part III: The short answer!

Will it change collecting? Yes... but probably more for the next generation...]]> JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#76 2023-09-04T14:39:03+02:00 2023-09-04T14:39:03+02:00 2023-09-04T14:39:03+02:00
When it comes to book collecting, a broader perspective is essential. It's not just about academic knowledge and a textual approach; we must also consider various factors related to the materiality of books and the multifaceted lenses through which they can be viewed. AI will undoubtedly provide new tools that can enhance collectors' approaches in certain areas. However, I believe that many aspects of book collecting will remain firmly within the realm of human expertise.]]> LAMBERT (J. H.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#75 2023-09-04T11:22:56+02:00 2023-09-04T11:22:56+02:00 2023-09-04T11:22:56+02:00 The Phenomenon of Man, first imagined the global spread of communication and its ultimate interconnection of all of us. He called this the Noösphere. A consciousness encompassing the whole Earth. It seems likely that we are arriving at that point.

A very primitive form of such a thing already manifests itself in the field of rare books: I can (without much more effort than to simple think it) consult the Internet (proto-Noösphere?) and find available copies, library copies, commercial availability, etc., of almost any book. There are still some books hidden away -- but they are quickly being found and subsumed into the global awareness.

The question of AI is aptly raised by Julien. We are only now seeing what it possible. What will AI be capable of when it eventually has access to all the books that have been digitized? It will "read" them all (recognize the characters, learn the words, the sentences) an gain command of their contents. Imagine the connections it will be able to make, the influences it will ferret out, the lines of influence it will identify! It is the identification of Julien's autograph but writ large. I cordially dislike soi-disant "futurists" and their predictions -- but this seems inevitable. It will be the golden age of book collecting, or its death.

Apropos of this issue (and I mean "issue" not "problem") is a book reviewed this weekend in the Wall Street Journal. A gloomy view, but a very interesting read. And the book appears to worthy of reading. Here is a link to a PDF of the review:

The Gutenberg Parenthesis’ ]]> JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#74 2023-09-03T17:45:00+02:00 2023-09-03T17:45:00+02:00 2023-09-03T17:45:00+02:00 obedient than intuitive since my gg account is set to alert me when my name is quoted online... but maybe intuition is the next step? ]]> MONTAIGNE (M. de) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#73 2023-09-03T01:36:27+02:00 2023-09-03T01:36:27+02:00 2023-09-03T01:36:27+02:00
---Bill C.]]> CAMPANELLA (T.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#72 2023-09-02T17:26:05+02:00 2023-09-02T17:26:05+02:00 2023-09-02T17:26:05+02:00 Ciao and congratulations!
Leandro ]]> JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#70 2020-06-10T17:12:48+02:00 2020-06-10T17:12:48+02:00 2020-06-10T17:12:48+02:00 "For me books are an investment into myself" and later states "Will they be of value to anyone? I believe that this is possible, because they are special, and because they gave so much to me."
"LAMBERT" also illustrates my understanding of the impact of the internet on rare books prices when he says that some books bought in the 80's or the 90's are now known to be commonly available, and can now be purchased at a fraction of their initial price. When Smith's 1738 System of Opticks used to sell at $6,000, the rare book market was still using rather craft techniques and the demand could meet the offer at this price because the availability was limited. Nowadays, through a simple internet search, up to 5 different copies of the work will pop up, priced between $1,800 and $3,500.
Can 5 available copies worldwide be considered "a lot"? They probably do, considering the current number of potential buyers of this book and this is the main reason why its price has decreased but still, among thousands of antiquarian book shops (ILAB counts around 1,800 affiliated book sellers and the internet gathers non affiliated sellers or non professional sellers as well), only 5 of them can provide this title. So, ok, it's not rare but it's not that common neither. How long will take this title to become rare? Nobody knows but given its scientific importance, perhaps will come a time when less copies will be available on the market and the price would start raising again.
I wonder if before the internet the prices had a general tendency to raise up over time. This is what I have always been told by older book sellers but I wonder if there is any factual study about it.
And yes, it is true, there are fads and some subjects / authors / titles are actively pursued by collectors at one moment, and completely forgotten at others. And this works the other way around, even with great names, like you say with Newton's Opticks (1704).
So let's continue doing like "CAMPANELLA" by pursuing the books of our dreams. Time will tell if our dreams and tastes are significant to others...]]> LAMBERT (J. H.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#69 2020-06-08T20:24:05+02:00 2020-06-08T20:24:05+02:00 2020-06-08T20:24:05+02:00
But old collectors are seeing their investment diminish. Books I bought in the 80's and 90's are now known to be commonly available. Like many 2nd (and most 3rd) tier books, their value has diminished. Most of these can now sold only at a price much less than what I paid for them. In my field and example would be Smith's "A Compleat System of Opticks", 1738. In the 80's one needed to spend $6,000. Today it can be had for $2000.

In this regard, I am glad I did not collect books as an investment but because I wanted to learn their history, study their content, and find how they fit into history.
If one enjoys books, and has some discretionary income, book collecting can be deeply satisfying. But, unless one is dealing with a great deal of money, I think it is difficult to make book collecting work as an investment strategy. It is no longer enough to simply wait a long time (10 years, say) for books to rise in value. If one collects in a niche or follows a fad, then 10 years from now the fad for such books may have passed and one's investment may very well have vanished.

My conclusion: unless one if very rich, it is very difficult (though not impossible) to make book collecting work as an investment strategy.

David L. DiLaura

]]> CAMPANELLA (T.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#68 2020-06-05T22:00:03+02:00 2020-06-05T22:00:03+02:00 2020-06-05T22:00:03+02:00 Leandro Cantamessa]]> COPERNIC (N.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#67 2020-06-05T21:35:26+02:00 2020-06-05T21:35:26+02:00 2020-06-05T21:35:26+02:00
For me books are an investment into myself. I learn through my books. About the past and about me. The good life (eudomonia) is the result.

And then, they will be around, when I am gone. Will they be of value to anyone? I believe that this is possible, because they are special, and because they gave so much to me.]]> FOURCROY (A. F. de) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#66 2020-05-11T21:50:23+02:00 2020-05-11T21:50:23+02:00 2020-05-11T21:50:23+02:00
There was a question do we read our books? Of course! I have used mine in writing my own book on my subject (the history of chemistry) and it was wonderful to reproduce images from my books. The books are not there as items on the shelf. For me they are historic items from the period of discovery with new ideas that shaped our world. Sometimes they might even have been previously owned by the very people who actually helped formulate the ideas. A wonderful connection to the past. I still find it amazing when I hold a book in my hands that has been treasured for hundreds of years.

]]> DARWIN (C. R.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#65 2020-05-11T21:09:34+02:00 2020-05-11T21:09:34+02:00 2020-05-11T21:09:34+02:00 my website (www.mohma.org) along with the related medical instruments.]]> MORRIS (W.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=71#63 2020-05-10T00:30:22+02:00 2020-05-10T00:30:22+02:00 2020-05-10T00:30:22+02:00 LAMBERT (J. H.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=71#62 2020-05-08T04:01:33+02:00 2020-05-08T04:01:33+02:00 2020-05-08T04:01:33+02:00
Photometria is honored by all, understood by few, read by none. Learning that Lambert’s Latin had never been translated into English, I undertook the project myself. Though microfilm could have served, I wanted to work from an original printed copy, and so, as a tyro innocent of antiquarian books, I searched for a copy.

Photometria was my first antiquarian purchase. I can still recall the moment when I held that book in my hand; untrimmed, unpressed, still in its original drab printer’s pasteboards and paper spine. But this is a common place, isn’t it? – most book collectors can recall the moment when they were first and permanently afflicted.
]]> JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#61 2020-04-28T14:55:17+02:00 2020-04-28T14:55:17+02:00 2020-04-28T14:55:17+02:00
Carlier on wools is an interesting little book, at Comellas we had it only twice in the last thirty years : sold one 225 euros to a fellow book dealer in 2014 (contemporary wrappers) and the other one to a private collector for approximately the same amount in 1992. 140 euros + hammer premium is definitely a good deal for a nice copy (which I guess it was since I know you are taking care of that aspect).

Your comment raises a profound question: are book shops competitive in regard to auction houses? Maybe this could be a good subject for another blog post in the future.
Thank you all for your contributions and stay safe!
]]> COPERNIC (N.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#60 2020-04-27T07:49:21+02:00 2020-04-27T07:49:21+02:00 2020-04-27T07:49:21+02:00
All not very helpful I would say, let's talk about books! :-)

My latest purchase is a Carlier (1762) at auction at Tajan. 140 Euros very rare, and in it's way very interesting. It is part of a larger debate on whether (within France) goods should trade without custom duties. We are talking about the 18th century...]]> MORRIS (W.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#59 2020-04-26T19:57:30+02:00 2020-04-26T19:57:30+02:00 2020-04-26T19:57:30+02:00 SHELLEY (M.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#39 2020-04-26T16:51:21+02:00 2020-04-26T16:51:21+02:00 2020-04-26T16:51:21+02:00 Julien https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=69#35 2020-04-14T12:19:34+02:00 2020-04-14T12:19:34+02:00 2020-04-14T12:19:34+02:00 Stay tuned... ]]> NEWTON (I.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#34 2020-04-07T14:29:17+02:00 2020-04-07T14:29:17+02:00 2020-04-07T14:29:17+02:00 LAMBERT (J. H.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#33 2020-04-07T06:55:34+02:00 2020-04-07T06:55:34+02:00 2020-04-07T06:55:34+02:00
For some languages, I have found Google Translator remarkably helpful. Though it is useless for Latin, it seems (just) adequate for many European languages. I wonder what other collectors have found in this regard. I would not call the result "reading" (which connotes other things) but rather something like a slow-study, and you have to treat the results with considerable care since there is no nuance or care in shade of meaning.

For those of us that do, Why do we read our books? My own (technical) education was critically dependent of books and I have always been keen to study those books that served the same purpose in centuries past. Books as instruments of progress -- Lux Mentis. I have little interest in books as objects.]]> CAMUS (A.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#32 2020-04-05T22:40:04+02:00 2020-04-05T22:40:04+02:00 2020-04-05T22:40:04+02:00 CAJÉTAN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#31 2020-04-05T20:57:29+02:00 2020-04-05T20:57:29+02:00 2020-04-05T20:57:29+02:00 BALZAC (H. de) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#30 2020-04-04T23:27:48+02:00 2020-04-04T23:27:48+02:00 2020-04-04T23:27:48+02:00 CAMPANELLA (T.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#29 2020-04-04T18:48:10+02:00 2020-04-04T18:48:10+02:00 2020-04-04T18:48:10+02:00 Good evening. I usually read my books and I commenred the in my bibliography of astrology.
Leandro Cantamessa ]]> JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#28 2020-03-26T11:39:36+02:00 2020-03-26T11:39:36+02:00 2020-03-26T11:39:36+02:00 COPERNIC (N.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#27 2020-03-26T11:12:18+02:00 2020-03-26T11:12:18+02:00 2020-03-26T11:12:18+02:00
He contributed one of the earliest tracts on monetary matters «Monete cudendae ratio» in 1526 (I hope Julien will find me a copy one day). This starts with these famous remarks:

"Numerous are the disasters which normally lead to the decay of kingdoms, principalities, and republics, the four following are in my opinion the most to be feared: war, disease, famine and inflation.”

Disease we have, inflation we will get... let's hope it stops at that...

By now you can guess, what my collection is about: History of Economic Thought. With some restrictions: First editions, contemporary bindings and only until 1800.

The collection is not big, but nice... ;-) ... 300 copies... starting in 1430 with a manuscript by Henry Totting of Oyta on life-rents... stopping in 1804 with the first print of Cesare Beccaria's Elementi... started just 8 years ago... latest addition: Oresme, Nicolas (1484) De Moneta, second edition, first in Latin. Cologne: Koellhoff the Elder.]]> FOURCROY (A. F. de) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#26 2020-03-26T07:03:06+02:00 2020-03-26T07:03:06+02:00 2020-03-26T07:03:06+02:00
- How many titles? about 1100

- The oldest? 1491 Albertus Magnus De Mineralibus

- The newest? a few things mid 19th century, but most before 1800

- When was this collection started ? As a schoolboy, about 33 years ago!

- When was the latest addition to this collection? ask me tomorrow.

I have a very large collection of Lavoisier, including almost every contemporary edition of his fabulous Traité élémentaire de chime. Sadly I missed a copy of the first issue which came up a few years ago :-(
I didn't choose Lavoisier for my pseudonym feeling not worthy enough. I hope Fourcroy wouldn't mind. I am also a big fan of that great chemist and have 43 (just counted) copies of his works in various editions / languages.]]> KIRCHER (A.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#25 2020-03-26T00:18:03+02:00 2020-03-26T00:18:03+02:00 2020-03-26T00:18:03+02:00 KIRCHER (A.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#23 2020-03-25T23:18:20+02:00 2020-03-25T23:18:20+02:00 2020-03-25T23:18:20+02:00 - What subject? Er, Um ...Preception\Love/ Philosophy (memory)/Chance..

- How many titles? It changes every Day!

- The oldest? 1250

- The newest? 2020

- When was this collection started ? 1973

- When was the latest addition to this collection? 3-5-2020

Now the particulars, Two books recently added
: Boethius de consolation philosophy 1663.. ( I have lots of editions. )
: Abelarde Sic et non 1760 (in English)
Ok one more
Lucretius: De nrerum Natura 1515 (Aldus)

This is fun, I expect about three more books this and they will show in MY Blog.... but finding that might be hard.

AK]]> JULIEN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#22 2020-03-25T23:07:35+02:00 2020-03-25T23:07:35+02:00 2020-03-25T23:07:35+02:00 CAMUS (A.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#21 2020-03-25T23:02:43+02:00 2020-03-25T23:02:43+02:00 2020-03-25T23:02:43+02:00 MORRIS (W.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#20 2020-03-25T22:30:39+02:00 2020-03-25T22:30:39+02:00 2020-03-25T22:30:39+02:00 MORRIS (W.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#19 2020-03-25T13:37:38+02:00 2020-03-25T13:37:38+02:00 2020-03-25T13:37:38+02:00 SHELLEY (M.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#18 2020-03-25T13:08:20+02:00 2020-03-25T13:08:20+02:00 2020-03-25T13:08:20+02:00 Yes ! Let's get together ! It's hard for all of us. Let's make the best out of this situation. When this is said, my heart is with those who suffer from this illness or has friends or family being ill right now.
Lack of freedom but more time. Lucky us who have our love for books. There are millions of them ! In my shelfs I have my little collection of poetry from the 16/17th century. Mostly french and italian. They take me travelling with them every time I open one of them and I want more ! I started collecting only 5 years ago but I'm afraid there are now signes that I'm addicted.. I have 65 books in my library and and I want it to be filled up in the next couple of years. I look so much foreward to read about other book-lovers babies, thoughts and passions. Thank you !]]> BENJAMIN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=34#16 2017-06-29T16:21:49+02:00 2017-06-29T16:21:49+02:00 2017-06-29T16:21:49+02:00 the other 600+ demons by which Catalina Diaz was possessed agreed to leave her body and stop tormenting her...which they did ! Law and order prevailed ! A fair trial with a happy ending !]]> BENJAMIN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=19#14 2017-06-29T16:14:22+02:00 2017-06-29T16:14:22+02:00 2017-06-29T16:14:22+02:00 BENJAMIN https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#13 2017-06-29T16:08:35+02:00 2017-06-29T16:08:35+02:00 2017-06-29T16:08:35+02:00
French chauvinism is not really our thing, but let us face the fact that no one witnessed Franklin's experiment, while De Romas's was "peer-reviewed" !

De Romas's account of the whole controversy appears really solid ! Had he been a better self-publicist, he might have made it to the 100 $US bills ! But as the song goes: "it's all about the Benjamins" ! ]]> MORE (Th.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=34#12 2017-06-28T17:56:57+02:00 2017-06-28T17:56:57+02:00 2017-06-28T17:56:57+02:00 MORE (Th.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#11 2017-06-28T17:54:10+02:00 2017-06-28T17:54:10+02:00 2017-06-28T17:54:10+02:00
B. Franklin conducted his kite experiment in 1752, while De Romas conducted his in...1753: how can you call him "the true inventor" ?

Fascinating read anyway !

Best regards

]]> PARÉ (A.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=19#10 2017-06-27T21:08:55+02:00 2017-06-27T21:08:55+02:00 2017-06-27T21:08:55+02:00 guest https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=28#9 2017-05-12T18:11:21+02:00 2017-05-12T18:11:21+02:00 2017-05-12T18:11:21+02:00
Regards,

Benjamin





]]> MORRIS (W.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=28#8 2017-05-09T15:09:33+02:00 2017-05-09T15:09:33+02:00 2017-05-09T15:09:33+02:00 SHELLEY (M.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=26#7 2017-05-09T15:03:05+02:00 2017-05-09T15:03:05+02:00 2017-05-09T15:03:05+02:00
It was indeed a fantastic day to be in sunny Barcelona!
Too bad the libreria wasn't open, though...

Regards]]> SHELLEY (M.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=26#6 2017-05-09T15:02:06+02:00 2017-05-09T15:02:06+02:00 2017-05-09T15:02:06+02:00
It was a fantastic day to be in Barcelona indeed!
Too bad the libreria wasn't open, though...

Regards

]]> MORE (Th.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=27#5 2017-05-08T18:00:46+02:00 2017-05-08T18:00:46+02:00 2017-05-08T18:00:46+02:00 MORE (Th.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=11#4 2017-04-10T17:50:48+02:00 2017-04-10T17:50:48+02:00 2017-04-10T17:50:48+02:00 MORE (Th.) https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=22#3 2017-04-10T17:46:44+02:00 2017-04-10T17:46:44+02:00 2017-04-10T17:46:44+02:00