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Friends with an old book (Opera di Francesco Borromino – Sebastiano Giannini) Task 1

Posted on 10/20/202112/13/2021

When first meeting the book I was surprised by its size and by how thin and fragile it actually was. It smelled of old leather, paper and the many years on its back. The ink has not faded over all those years which was quite impressive – as well as obviously the impressive drawings themselves…

The book’s size in reference to my hand
The book is thinner and larger than I expected it to be.
Picture of a cornice detail in the physical book, 14.10.2021 at the ETH Archives
Picture of the same cornice detail from the digital copy found on eRara
Picture of a very detailed drawing in the physical book, 14.10.2021 at the ETH Archives
Same picture in the digital copy of the book

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