[Gabriel Lebec]

~$1200 for a single book is a little too rich for my blood, but you can't deny they've done a drool-worthy job with it:

http://illuminatedfightbook.co.uk

It's an exacting facsimile from a new digital scan and restoration, and "each copy of I.33 will be fully leather bound by hand in a superior weight Nigerian goat skin, featuring raised bands over wood composite boards." Comes with a translated companion volume and packaged in a solander box.

Or for a mere ~$2400 you can get the Exemplary edition, "bound in a cover of folded veined vellum over quarter sawn oak boards. The boards have been sourced from 300 year old oak that has never been oiled or varnished. ...presented together in a bespoke hand made leather folder which is kept closed with an oak peg." Who can resist such a fantastic deal?

Well, I'll never own it, but it sure does look nice.

[Mark Griffin]

[Ian Hutchison]

I notice they talk a lot about the binding but not much about the internals. If it is just a nice cover on a printed scan of I.33, I can't begin to understand the value. After all, I can get a copy of I.33, hard cover for less than $100. For $1200 I expect printing on parchment, not paper. For $2400 I want hand transcription on parchment with historically accurate and traditionally crafted methods and materials.

[Christine Munro]