500-year-old book, history of the world, surfaces in Utah


World | 206922 hits | Apr 25 3:17 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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SALT LAKE CITY � Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising "rare" finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets.

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  1. by avatar Gunnair Gold Member
    Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:29 pm
    I saw this on the news and was appalled this guy was handling the pages with his bare hands, and not all that gently either.

    The guy ain't a professional.

  2. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:03 pm
    If it is on cotton bond paper then handling it bare handed with clean hands does it no harm.

    My wife's family has a lead extrusion tool for stained glass from the 1600's and it has the book that came with it as an instruction manual. It looks like it is on new paper despite the fact that it's over 400 years old.

  3. by avatar Gunnair Gold Member
    Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:12 am
    "BartSimpson" said
    If it is on cotton bond paper then handling it bare handed with clean hands does it no harm.

    My wife's family has a lead extrusion tool for stained glass from the 1600's and it has the book that came with it as an instruction manual. It looks like it is on new paper despite the fact that it's over 400 years old.


    Can't say what kind of paper, but irrespective of that, I can't say I've seen anyone handle 600 year old books with bare hands and as roughly as this guy was.

  4. by Barilko
    Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:50 pm
    Almost certainly a hoax-the state of Utah and Mormondom in particular are famous for that kind of scam.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_letter

  5. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:52 pm
    Is it the Golden Plates?

  6. by Choban
    Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:30 pm
    I got a copy of Treasure Island published in 1902, it's worthless though because it's a school edition and there are 100's of them floating around.



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