Dutch speakers: a small favour please?
by expatbrit 4 Replies latest jw friends
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Rado Vleugel
Although I am Dutch it wasnt easy to translate because its very old Dutch.
Here is my translation:Historic description of
journeys
or(?)
New and complete Collection
from the most worthily and most uncommon
sea- and land voyages
undertaken to discover and explore
I also saw in one of the last lines that this book was translated from English into Dutchmaybe you can find the original English text!
Rado Vleugel
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expatbrit
Wonderful! Thanks Rado! Now I have a reasonably accurate English translation of the title I can try and find when the English work was published and get hold of a copy. Thanks again!
Expatbrit
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Scully
Hi Expat:
Looking at the Roman Numerals at the bottom of the page, it appears that this is a very old document:
M.DCC.XLVIII = 1748
Is that something you have in your possession?? If so, it would be interesting to see how much it would be worth on The Antiques Roadshow.
Love, Scully
Edited by - Scully on 30 December 2002 17:59:34
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expatbrit
Scully:
1748 is correct, yes. The picture is the title page of volume one of a two volume set in my collection of old books. The second volume was printed in 1749. These particular items are not very valuable monetarily, as may be readily surmised by the fact that I own them...lol. They will be worth no more than a couple of hundred, at best.
I enjoy collecting old books printed before 1800, in whatever subjects interest me (which is pretty much anything). Unfortunately, despite several dire warnings by JW's, none of the books in my collection have displayed the slightest tendency towards demon possesion. Not once has the first English edition of The Political Will and Testament of Cardinal Richelieu (1695) battered me across the sconce in a supernatural flight across the room. Nary a chill have I received when opening the arcane pages of Lucan's De Bello Civilis (1576). All very disappointing to demon-spotters. Perhaps the Bible (1631) is scaring them off.
Expatbrit
