Dear Lacemakers, This memo from Tess is about rare books in my collection, so I am adding more information below Tess's for you to consider. Jeri ------------------------------ In a message dated 8/12/03 8:57:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< As you know, we are working on the Ricci books. The Professor has just sent me the "proof" he made of the first volume. As usual, it is excellent. However, when I try to enlarge the pictures they are a bit fuzzy--the detail is lost. I have had this problem before and he usually manages to change things, but this is a special case. The book is so large that he says that most people won't want to download it if he makes it bigger--which would be the case if he made the pictures clearer. (They are fine for someone who doesn't actually make lace and only wants to see nice pictures, but not for someone like me who drools over details.) And, of course, we will be talking about two volumes (I'm halfway through the second), so that would make a "good" copy twice the size! What do people think about all of this? Download size vs. detail quality? My thought is that he could post it as he now has it, and then take the finished set and make a separate CD out of it. Both volumes brought up to good detail would just fill a CD. Please give me some opinions and direction on this. Thanks. >> ------------- Dear Lacemakers, These two original Elisa Ricci books "Old Italian Lace" were published in 1913 by Lippincott, and you can read them in English. There is considerable informative text. They are out-of-print. I paid $1,000 for them, but have seen them for as much as $1,400. In making a decision for Tess, you might like to consider how difficult and inconvenient it is to do research and learn about laces when your language skills are limited to English. So many lace books from Europe have no translations to English. These two volumes are "classics". The Dover paperback "reproduction" gives no text, just a few captions. It also is very limited as to what pictures are shown. For anyone anticipating doing in-depth study of Italian laces, the Dover edition is inadequate. It is the Dover book that is listed for borrowing from IOLI. Because of the weight and size of these original books, their age, and the many pictures that are hand-tipped (glued) onto pages along one edge of the pictures (creating possibility of damage to them during scanning), I do not anticipate giving permission for them to be scanned again. If I did not have the originals but knew how hard it would be to borrow or buy these books, I would think a separate CD of clear images might be well worth the price. (I spent much more than the price of the CD's Tess produces - for each individual book purchased at the IOLI convention.) Tess: Since you are doing this as a volunteer, and making the CD's available to lacemakers **at cost**, it might be best to take orders before commiting to a separate Ricci CD. We would not want you to be stuck with inventory! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
