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This is one of those books you read for a while, then put aside. Then read. Then put aside. Again, and again. It took me over a year to read.
Some might consider it stuffy, boring academic trivia. But in fact this book is loaded with fascinating trivia about people, books, and libraries, and how this one book has been dispersed throughout the world.
The author's intent is to show that this book really was read. In the process he details the fascinating world of scientific thought and book collecting. Who owned this book when, who's handwriting is that, how did it end up here?
A fascinating find for anyone interested in bibliomania.
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The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus by Owen Gingerich
Marc Leitermann, December 26, 2007
This is one of those books you read for a while, then put aside. Then read. Then put aside. Again, and again. It took me over a year to read.Some might consider it stuffy, boring academic trivia. But in fact this book is loaded with fascinating trivia about people, books, and libraries, and how this one book has been dispersed throughout the world.
The author's intent is to show that this book really was read. In the process he details the fascinating world of scientific thought and book collecting. Who owned this book when, who's handwriting is that, how did it end up here?
A fascinating find for anyone interested in bibliomania.
(5 of 10 readers found this comment helpful)