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16407435 No.16407435 [Reply] [Original]

A 400 year old book will outlast any modern book, because of the inferior materials and processes of today.

>> No.16407450

>>16407435
This is true. My old books from the 30s and 40s are absolute shit though, so it's not a new problem.

>> No.16407476

>>16407435
most books from the 1600s don't exist any more
in those days people bought books as a block of paper and had it bound themselves. so the books we have from that era are the ones that probably belonged to people who could afford the best bindings.
if you did the same with a modern book, i.e. printed it on good quality, had it well bound, got your butler to clean it regularly and so on, there's no reason it couldn't last as long.
of course most modern books will perish, just as most books that have ever existed have done.

>> No.16407483

>>16407476
>printed it on good quality
...paper

>> No.16407486

>>16407435
Lindy

>> No.16407536

>>16407476
The paper making process was completing different and overseen by competent masters who knew their craft. A single page took hours to make. You're post is just cope. You aren't going to get the same quality by better binding.

>> No.16407573

>>16407536
nonsense anon, paper mills existed long before that time

>> No.16407584

>>16407573
And they had different techniques that produced a superior result.

>> No.16407592

>>16407573
also, i own a bible from the 1700s, which of course is later but technology didn't move so fast in those days. the paper is nothing special, better quality than e.g. the paper used in paperbacks now, but i have good quality modern books that use better paper. it has survived because people took good care of it, not because of the quality of the materials.

>> No.16407596

>>16407584
come on now anon. are you one of those people that believes we don't know how they built the pyramids?

>> No.16407772

>>16407536
>A single page took hours to make.
Each page was heated, pounded by hand, and folded a thousand times.