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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3548521, member: 111&quot;]Anyone who knows me knows that I&#039;m obsessed with research and all types of references, with just way too many books (okay, it&#039;s actually never enough books) - had a Dutch book in my Amazon cart for years, not in any particular hurry, it&#039;s not uncommon nor particularly pricey, but when I was ordering another book on Dutch silver, decided to add this one.&nbsp; One of the two lowest price options, with nothing cheaper anywhere else (I use my books, so great condition isn&#039;t always that important to me), couldn&#039;t resist the one described as in &quot;used - very good condition, with custom binding&quot; - it sat waiting to be accepted at the East coast PO for three weeks, and finally arrived, nicely packaged, after four weeks.&nbsp; Not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn&#039;t a linen and marbleized paper bound hardcover with stamped leather title and author (it was published in 1979 as a trade paperback) - the 1986 inscription was from this guy, <a href="https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Truesdell/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Truesdell/" rel="nofollow">https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Truesdell/</a> , who collected 18th century art and antiques, and apparently liked to sometimes dress in 18th century style.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]305534[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is as published (that gorgeous piece on the cover is a 23&quot;+ basin that has a matching ewer, made in 1649):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]305533[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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