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How to Find Traces of Use in Old Books. At Venerable Shelves in Wolfenbüttel

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: In an age when books are categorized on Amazon by their condition — 'like new,' 'good,' 'with minor signs of wear' – blemishes seem to be considered a flaw. But what if these very traces are the real treasures? What if it's not the untouched, pristine block of pages that matters, but what lives between them – fingerprints, grease stains, annotations, dog-ears? Used books are more than just containers of text. They are silent chroniclers of lived experience, echo chambers of past readings, an...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/13y3t

Author: Stefan Laube

Language: English

Topic: Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6918051606

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