My father-in-law is a Presbyterian pastor at a PCA church here in Cincinnati. Very recently, an elderly woman from his church passed away. Her son was cleaning out her belongings and came across this:
He has no idea where his mother got it from, and he ended up giving it to my father-in-law.
That cover's definitely got 340 years' worth of wear on it.... but the inside is remarkably well preserved! All the pages are very readable and have held up well, as you can turn each page without them cracking, tearing, or separating from their binding (although...I still have qualms paging through this!!)
Any antique book collectors around here? What would YOU do with this? Do something about the binding? Leave it as is?

He has no idea where his mother got it from, and he ended up giving it to my father-in-law.
That cover's definitely got 340 years' worth of wear on it.... but the inside is remarkably well preserved! All the pages are very readable and have held up well, as you can turn each page without them cracking, tearing, or separating from their binding (although...I still have qualms paging through this!!)

Any antique book collectors around here? What would YOU do with this? Do something about the binding? Leave it as is?