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10/25/2013 10:22:57 PM
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I found an old Latin law book yesterday

We found a box of old books while cleaning out one of our closets, many of them are dated in the late 18 hundreds, however this book is most likely centuries older and done completely in Latin. After some googling I've found the full title of the book. Vocabularium juris utriusque : ex variis ante editis, praesertim ex Alexand. Scoti, Jo. Kahl, Barn. Brissonii, et Jo. Gottl. Heineccii accessionibus. I've found out there's multiple prints and versions of this book dating back to the late 15 hundreds, so I don't know how old it is exactly. I'm thinking it's a 1759 print placing it at 254 years old, but I could be wrong. The pages aren't perfect by any means. Time hasn't been kind to the rough parchment it is printed on, there's stains and some mold scattered throughout the the whole book. Some areas are torn; the binding isn't great either. I however like the weathering it's gone through, it gives the book more character. I'm curious to know what print this is, how old it is, and perhaps more history behind it. Nothing quite like finding something printed in Latin just sitting in your house. For discussion value, have any of you found anything interesting and incredibly old?

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