How to Find Traces of Use in Old Books. At Venerable Shelves in Wolfenbüttel

In an age when books are categorized on Amazon by their condition — 'like new,' 'good,' 'with minor signs of wear' – blemishes seem to be considered a flaw. But what if these very traces are the real treasures? What if it's not the untouched, pristine block of pages that matters, but what lives between them – fingerprints, grease stains, annotations, dog-ears? Used books are more than just containers of text. They are silent chroniclers of lived experience, echo chambers of past readings, an...