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The Blog https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/ of Comellas Rare Books en Copyright 2004-2005 blogadmin@livres-rares.com blogadmin@livres-rares.com Ublog Reload 1.0.5 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Dear “DIDEROT”, Thank you for this thoughtful contribution, and for letting a little Italian wander through the shelves of this blog. On a site ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=80#89 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:44:01 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=80#89 <![CDATA[Montesquieu considerava inutile un libro che parlasse di altri libri. Se questo poteva avere un senso nel diciottesimo secolo, quando la stampa era in piena ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=80#88 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:48:17 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=80#88 <![CDATA[It can argued, convincingly I think, that antiquarian manuscripts provoke a reasonable desire to keep them where they were made, where they were used. Consider, ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=79#80 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:05:24 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=79#80 <![CDATA[I love that picture!]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=79#79 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:08:03 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=79#79 <![CDATA[ Dear "COPERNIC", thank you so much for your detailed note and for sharing with us your own experience with AI ! https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#78 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 19:40:18 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#78 <![CDATA[What a nice little story! Thank you for sharing it with us, Julien! Part I: The AI ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#77 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:40:23 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#77 <![CDATA[Excellent input, dear "LAMBERT." Your insight into the future developments of AI is remarkably accurate and vividly portrays the extraordinary possibilities on the horizon. https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#76 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:39:03 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#76 <![CDATA[It was, I think, the French Jesuit paleontologist and philosopher Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin who, in his The Phenomenon of Man, first imagined ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#75 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:22:56 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#75 <![CDATA[As a matter of fact Google was more obedient than intuitive since my gg account is set to alert me when my name ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#74 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 17:45:00 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#74 <![CDATA[ An extraordinary anecdote to conclude a splendid and thought-provoking essay. What is most fascinating, from an AI perspective, is not that Google ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#73 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 01:36:27 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#73 <![CDATA[Rare books, even when I was a child! Ciao and congratulations! Leandro ]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#72 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 17:26:05 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=73#72 <![CDATA[My own position is very nicely reflected by "COPERNIC" when he says "For me books are an investment into myself" and later states "Will ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#70 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:12:48 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#70 <![CDATA[Someone new to collecting might be able to find a workable investment strategy for book collecting. But even with that, investment alone is a ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#69 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:24:05 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#69 <![CDATA[No, they can't. It's just an illusion of many collectors. Leandro Cantamessa]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#68 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 22:00:03 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#68 <![CDATA[No doubt we like to believe that "raritas et utilitas" drive the value of things. But that is only in exchange. Don't we also believe ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#67 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 21:35:26 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=72#67 <![CDATA[It's interesting that there have been some comments about the sizes of collections. I remember probably about 25 years ago as a student seeing ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#66 Mon, 11 May 2020 21:50:23 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#66 <![CDATA[I was stimulated to collect old and rare books by my father. When I was a child he would bring home old books from the ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#65 Mon, 11 May 2020 21:09:34 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#65 <![CDATA[I started collecting in my early twenties while studying Politics in Amsterdam. First buying texts even incomplete then buying more sophisticated copies. Yes microfilm could ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=71#63 Sun, 10 May 2020 00:30:22 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=71#63 <![CDATA[Most professions can present a parade of important books, ones that laid down fundamentals or produced great advances in understanding or practice. Even in my ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=71#62 Fri, 08 May 2020 04:01:33 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=71#62 <![CDATA[Yes indeed dear "COPERNIC" we are here to enjoy ! And I agree with you that this is not the place for despective statements of ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#61 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:55:17 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#61 <![CDATA[I thought we were here to enjoy and not place a value judgement on others. Morris W. seems to have many items in his collection, ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#60 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:49:21 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#60 <![CDATA[True love of books is more often found in modest shelves than in big collections, believe me. ]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#59 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:57:30 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#59 <![CDATA[I am a bibliophile in the strictest sense of the term, that is: a book lover, but now that I have read about ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#39 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:51:21 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#39 <![CDATA[Too bad! Nobodoy answered on the blog... and we keep the prize for our next game. Stay tuned... ]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=69#35 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:19:34 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=69#35 <![CDATA[I certainly read my rare books. Indeed, I have acquired most of them for the purposes of reading and studying them, and I have referred ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#34 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:29:17 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#34 <![CDATA[I have collected books in optics, ranging from a 1477 printing of a handbooks for preachers based entirely on metaphors and similes of vision and ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#33 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 06:55:34 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#33 <![CDATA[Most of the books in my collection I've read in cheap editions (before purchasing the first editions). I visit the first editions now to review ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#32 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:40:04 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#32 <![CDATA[I've spent more time with my collection lately in light of the COVID-19 lockdown. I look at the illustrations first, but read the works ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#31 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:57:29 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#31 <![CDATA[I do not, on the whole, read my antiquarian books - which are not of a literary but of a scientific nature - but ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#30 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:27:48 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#30 <![CDATA[Buonasera. Leggo sempre i miei libri e li commento nella mia bibliografia di astrologia. Good evening. I usually read my books and I commenred the ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#29 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:48:10 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=67#29 <![CDATA[Great posts! And incredible collections, my friends. I am so grateful for your contributions. Please keep us posted and keep on posting! I will ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#28 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:39:36 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#28 <![CDATA[What a name... did you know that Copernicus was just a part time mathematician and astrologist... his main occupation was to run part of a ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#27 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:12:18 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#27 <![CDATA[What subject? I collect early chemistry (less so alchemy which I find too confusing to understand) - How many titles? about 1100 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#26 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:03:06 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#26 <![CDATA[The past is ever-present!]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#25 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:18:03 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#25 <![CDATA[ - What subject? Er, Um ...Preception\Love/ Philosophy (memory)/Chance.. - How many titles? It changes every Day! - The oldest? 1250 - ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#23 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:18:20 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#23 <![CDATA[Camus was an excellent choice indeed!! Thank you for your input, I totally agree that what you love should be the core subject of your ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#22 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:07:35 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#22 <![CDATA[This is fun choosing the pseudonym.... I picked Camus before I realized how appropriate it is. I guess it is no coincidence that I've been ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#21 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:02:43 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#21 <![CDATA[Nobody here?]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#20 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:30:39 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#20 <![CDATA[Hard times yes. But we get what what we deserve... Collecting rare books about political ideas. Mainly german and deutch. Quite many items because I ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#19 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:37:38 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#19 <![CDATA[Dear fellow book-lovers, Yes ! Let's get together ! It's hard for all of us. Let's make the best out of this situation. When this ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#18 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:08:20 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=66#18 <![CDATA[Conjured by the priest of Madridejos, the Devil and the other 600+ demons by which Catalina Diaz was possessed agreed to ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=34#16 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:21:49 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=34#16 <![CDATA[Thank you very much for pointing this out, Monsieur Paré ! We really appreciate !]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=19#14 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:14:22 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=19#14 <![CDATA[Thank you for your comment ! French chauvinism is not really our thing, but let us face the fact that no one witnessed ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#13 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:08:35 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#13 <![CDATA[Mesmerizing story indeed ! But what was the outcome of the trial ? Was the devil condemned ? To what sentence ? ]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=34#12 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:56:57 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=34#12 <![CDATA[Do I detect a hint of French chauvinism here ? B. Franklin conducted his kite experiment in 1752, while De Romas conducted his in...1753: ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#11 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:54:10 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=33#11 <![CDATA[It should be mentioned that Charles V abdicated in favor of his son Philip II, and his younger brother Ferdinand who became King of Spain ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=19#10 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:08:55 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=19#10 <![CDATA[Delormel's venture was pretty complex: it was based on a wholly new system of signs, with vowels, consonants and morphemes (signifiers) standing for existing "simple" ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=28#9 Fri, 12 May 2017 18:11:21 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=28#9 <![CDATA[Hello Julien, could you please tell us a bit more about Delormel's "decimal language" ? It is indeed mentionned by many, but I cannot seem ...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=28#8 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:09:33 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=28#8 <![CDATA[Hello Benjamin, It was indeed a fantastic day to be in sunny Barcelona! Too bad the libreria wasn't open, though... Regards]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=26#7 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:03:05 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=26#7 <![CDATA[Hello Benjamin, It was a fantastic day to be in Barcelona indeed! Too bad the libreria wasn't open, though... Regards ]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=26#6 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:02:06 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=26#6 <![CDATA[Fascinating indeed, but not quite suitable for the "aveugles" !...]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=27#5 Mon, 08 May 2017 18:00:46 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=27#5 <![CDATA[Congratulations on that, Julien !]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=11#4 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:50:48 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=11#4 <![CDATA[It seems like the Faculté de Montpellier was a bastion of Irish physicians back then !]]> https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=22#3 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:46:44 +0200 https://www.livres-rares.com/english/blog/blog_comment.asp?bi=22#3