Strange, old books and manuscripts

Old books and manuscripts have a thing or two going on. They are fascinating, and often a source of original art and subtleties that may escape the obviously limited digital product. Here, i post old books that are hard to find, and manuscripts that are even harder to stumble upon.

Bibliothèque

• L'Art Arabe d'après les Monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe Siècle jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe, Prisse d'Avennes. First edition. Volumes I, II and III.
• Dead Souls (Мёртвые ду́ши), Nikolai Gogol. First edition, with pencil illustrations.
• Manuscripts of Srinivasa Ramanujan, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Books I, II and III.
• Récoltes et Semailles, Alexander Grothendieck.
• La Clef des Songes ou Dialogue avec le bon Dieu, Alexander Grothendieck.