04-01-2023, 01:02 AM
Fun or necessity?
The question is what the book looks like. That's a question I asked, but never got an answer.
What does the book look like? You can't say it looks new. Some old, expensive books still look like new. Others look more like they have survived some wear and tear.
The VM looks to me like it has no real damage, but there are significant signs of use. Mainly on the page edges.
I take this as an example of school books that have been in use for several years. Here the pages also seem worn.
If the VM shows such signs of use over many years, I could imagine that it was used as a reference work in a pharmacy or doctor's office. Written in such a way that not everyone can read it quickly when it is lying open. I am thinking here of people who wanted to maintain their status as a doctor or pharmacist in a region.
Now the question for specialists. What does the book look like? New, used, heavily used, or exposed to some other influence. Fire, water, or just long forgotten?
The question is what the book looks like. That's a question I asked, but never got an answer.
What does the book look like? You can't say it looks new. Some old, expensive books still look like new. Others look more like they have survived some wear and tear.
The VM looks to me like it has no real damage, but there are significant signs of use. Mainly on the page edges.
I take this as an example of school books that have been in use for several years. Here the pages also seem worn.
If the VM shows such signs of use over many years, I could imagine that it was used as a reference work in a pharmacy or doctor's office. Written in such a way that not everyone can read it quickly when it is lying open. I am thinking here of people who wanted to maintain their status as a doctor or pharmacist in a region.
Now the question for specialists. What does the book look like? New, used, heavily used, or exposed to some other influence. Fire, water, or just long forgotten?