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RE: bibliophile — a collecter of books
Old books are invaluable, not in money but as a memory of former owners. I own some old books, for example, a very old "Statenbijbel" (bible) in the spelling of the 17e century and some other old books, they belonged to my grandfather who was born in 1898. When I see those books, I see the owners and old memories come up.
Oh that is amazing!! I looked it up and that's the first translation from Hebrew Aramaic and Greek to the Dutch language. So special to have that from your grandfather. Mine was born in 1896 - but I never met him - he died in the early 50's before I was born.