r/whatsthisworth • u/Slash5469 • 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/cdtobie Oct 06 '23

Written in something between Dante’s Italian and Modern Italian.

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u/MarthasPinYard Oct 06 '23

It’s Latin

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u/truthofmasks Oct 06 '23

No it isn’t. It’s 16th-century Italian.

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u/MarthasPinYard Oct 06 '23

You’re the maestro

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u/truthofmasks Oct 06 '23

Grazie

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u/MarthasPinYard Oct 06 '23

You spelled graze wrong. The cows forgive you

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u/cdtobie Oct 08 '23

Clearly you are not familiar with Latin and Italian. I can read much of this as Italian… it’s just not modern Italian. A bit closer to Dante, who invented Italian as a written language.