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<p>[QUOTE="McAdder, post: 511040, member: 7942"]I love really old books, so my white whales are the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Zainer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Zainer" rel="nofollow">Zainer Bible 1475</a>, because as far as I know its the first illustrated bible ever printed, it has beautiful Initials in the style of medieval Book Illuminations. <a href="https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb00025978/view?language=en&view=ImageView&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2Fv2%2Fbsb00025978%2Fmanifest&canvas=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2Fv2%2Fbsb00025978%2Fcanvas%2F7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb00025978/view?language=en&view=ImageView&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2Fv2%2Fbsb00025978%2Fmanifest&canvas=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2Fv2%2Fbsb00025978%2Fcanvas%2F7" rel="nofollow">(Link to a digital version</a>) </p><p><br /></p><p>The other is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuerdank" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuerdank" rel="nofollow">Theuerdank (1517)</a>, a book composed by Emperor Maximilian at the end of the 15th century, illustrated with many woodcuts by some of the best artists of the time, and with a extraordinary typeface used only in this book. (<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E6cgYISH98cC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E6cgYISH98cC" rel="nofollow">digital</a>) </p><p><br /></p><p>Both do come up for auction, but the prices have to many digits. Facsimiles are not an option for me, they simply don't feel the same as an old book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="McAdder, post: 511040, member: 7942"]I love really old books, so my white whales are the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Zainer']Zainer Bible 1475[/URL], because as far as I know its the first illustrated bible ever printed, it has beautiful Initials in the style of medieval Book Illuminations. [URL='https://app.digitale-sammlungen.de/bookshelf/bsb00025978/view?language=en&view=ImageView&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2Fv2%2Fbsb00025978%2Fmanifest&canvas=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fpresentation%2Fv2%2Fbsb00025978%2Fcanvas%2F7'](Link to a digital version[/URL]) The other is the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theuerdank']Theuerdank (1517)[/URL], a book composed by Emperor Maximilian at the end of the 15th century, illustrated with many woodcuts by some of the best artists of the time, and with a extraordinary typeface used only in this book. ([URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=E6cgYISH98cC']digital[/URL]) Both do come up for auction, but the prices have to many digits. Facsimiles are not an option for me, they simply don't feel the same as an old book.[/QUOTE]
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