r/whatsthisworth Oct 05 '23

Ancient book (printed in 1585) found in grandfather's house. Any idea what this is worth? Likely Solved

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u/MaxParedes Oct 05 '23

Lettioni means sermons (or lectures) rather than letters. It's a written version of a text originally delivered orally.

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u/jimoconnell Oct 05 '23

Thank you.

I should know better than to guess at translating foreign languages that I do not speak.

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u/jankenpoo Oct 06 '23

Damn that’s one hell of a lecture. Zzzzzzzz