My Antique Book Collection (feat. the oldest book I own)

I've recieved several requests to share some of the oldest books I own, so today I'm sharing with you all the oldest and most unique books I own. Also, I added music in the background. Let me know whether you like background music or not.

Outro song by Future James:

Song Featured - "Sweetly My Heart" by Asher Fulero (from Youtube Music Library)

[michaelk.vaughan]

Of course I immediately ordered that edition of Classical Myths from Herzberg after seeing this. I have the Omnibus of Crime. It’s amazing. I love your Whitehouse Cookbook. I like that History of Literature! Those Wilkie Collins books are fantastic. Great find! Obviously this is my kind of video.

[MrFredstt]

Great to see another antique book collector! The oldest book I have is from 1899 and was gifted to me by my grandfather. Sadly, it's not in great condition so I don't take it out and flip through it often

[franciscomartin]

Love this video… especially showing off the art and beauty of old books. Thanks, greetings from California.

[katrinabrown]

I love old books! The feel and smell are the best! That edition of Moby Dick is gorgeous 😍😍😍

[lisavitale]

Beautiful collection! I would love to collect vintage cookbooks at some point in the future. I really liked your White House cookbook.

[davidwilliams]

Delightful, especially poetical works

[stanbrown]

Old bookstore stickers are so fun :) And that Omnibus of Crime is a great book!

[zongling]

So glad to watch this video, I'm also a book collector.

[BookBuds]

Oh wow! Those old menu planning pictures! So neat. You have a great collection. Love this!

[MsReadsAlot]

Some beautiful books!!! Thank you for sharing! I love the music in the history book!

[pamelatarajcak]

This is an interesting collection. I have a small collection. My oldest was the first American edition of The Jungle Book by Kipling, published in 1897, which was inherited from my great uncle.

[AdelaideBeemanWhite]

What a wonderful video! I’ve just subscribed! I also love old books. I have a pamphlet from 1637, but the oldest bound book I have is from 1701.

[ABlurbFromTheSerb]

So cool! I love old books that are in good condition, but if they have a lot of foxing or stains, I don't buy them because I'm weird like that. That last one looks so good! And YES we want part two!

[-.Germanicus.-]

I do love old books. The plainness they have in their covers. Nothing flashy needed. The Whitehouse cookbook makes me wonder if someone was cooking with it and it got burned somehow lol

[jimgordon]

Loved this! I am happy to see so many young people on You Tube so enthusiastic about antiquarian books. I would recommend that you seek out estate sales in your area. If you get lucky, you can find amazing things. I recently found books about the Civil War and Mexican War written just after the wars, and a book published in the 18th century of letters written by the wife of the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire about her adventures in Turkey. Your book of The Four Horsemen if the Apocalypse was made into a highly successful movie that was one of Rudolph Valentino’s biggest hits! Anyway, this was a breath of fresh air! Greetings from Texas!

[BookTimeWithRyan]

I just posted a collecting video and I think BookTube suggested your video because of that. I really enjoyed it!

I think the photo in your Moby-Dick was from an early movie that they added a love story to (and some other stuff).

Really cool!

[IridescentEye]

Antiquarian book collecting can become somewhat addictive. Your presentation suggests an aesthetic appreciation, as well as content (doesn't bode well ha!). A book can really be a thing of beauty, especially press printed books on linen laid paper. From a technological perspective, holding the page up to the sunlight, seeing the striations of the wire paper making form is a delight. A book like that is the laborious culmination of not only the writer, but of the printer and in particular the paper maker (approx. 1500 chancery pages per day for a team of three).

A couple of notable books in my collection are,

1. The Holy State (Thomas Fuller) 2nd Ed. 1648 (1st Ed. 1642). Basically two books in one, the first concerning the correct behaviour of various stations and professions in life, servant, master, husband wife, soldier, labourer etc. Each having an exemplar to follow. The second entitled 'Profane State' (although only part of the main title in much later editions) concerns unvirtuous stations in life such as witch, harlot, and some male equivalents that I can't remember right now, also with examples.


2. A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: in Antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation (Richard Verstegan) 2nd Ed. 1628 (1st Ed. 1605). A book concerning English Anglo-Saxon origins and related folklore etc. Two notable sections are the first English telling of the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and the trial and execution of Peter Stumpp. Peter Stumpp, a farmer from Bedburg Germany, was accused and executed for Werewolfery. By this retelling Werewolves were sorcerers that used ointments and wore sashes of a diabolical nature in order to convert themselves in to the likeness of wolves more of a continental thing rather than English I believe.

Surprisingly I managed to get number one for a little under £300 and number two for a little over £300 at auction, including fees, although retail they seem to go for double that. If one is canny, the world of antiquarian book collecting is definitely achievable. I was also a poverty stricken student (well booze and cigarettes took precedence).

Edit ... I've just discovered Fore Edged Painting ... Great I'm going to be broke!

[michaelderenne]

Collecting old books is really cool. My oldest books are from the 1700's.

[lArtemislll]

My oldest is 1718. I love it so much. Its by Pierre Dionis. It is about midwifery and shows the first documentation of an ectopic pregnancy.

[attention]

Chances of Death looked like it would be really interesting to flip through. A lot of those early history books are fun to check out, just to see how our perceptions on some issues have changed. I think the oldest book I have is an encyclopedia from the 1780s. It is fun to look through!😎