Having successfully acquired a reasonably priced copy of Crossroads in the Labyrinth, the next book I want to get hold of is this one.
It's described here as "the weirdest book in the world." I was hoping to get it for Martin for Christmas, but at these prices I suspect he'll have to make do with Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 6.
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"I was hoping to get it for Martin for Christmas..." means "Martin, will you buy me this for Xmas and I'll let you read it."
Mart, I wouldn't expect even my brother to pay that much for a Christmas present.
Now, Bill, on the other hand . . .
Actually, Bill's probably already got a copy.
I'd not even heard of it, let alone got it (though I had heard of the Voynich Manuscript, and Borges's fantastic story does come to mind). I'd only pay that much for an eighteenth-century book anyway, not soemthing from our decadent age of counter-Enlightenment!
Hi Bill!--
I only found out about it from reading Alberto Manguel's A History of Reading. I think the price is related to the book's status as a work of art; it isn't like anyone could read it. And the diagrams look amusing, but not two thousand quid amusing.
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