Would you pony up a few bucks for.....?

[Telarus]

Hey spags.

Twid has tracked down an ENGLISH TRANSLATION of the Dialogo della Discordia text by Sperone Speroni.

Costs to acquire a copy would run a little over $50 USD and would take about a month to prep and ship.

I figure we can keep the original copy hosted on the Wiki, but then prepare another version for "public consumption" in the line of the Chao te Ching project or Richter's Greeks Myff'd. Something with fly-quotes and graphics, or something.

A SPECIAL EDITION INTERMITTENS -= from the 16th century=- ...if you will.

It has been voiced that Twid, nor Phox, nor I can spare $50+ up front.

So here's the deal. I'm seeding $10, and this is a Fucking RANSOM.




Pony up the cash or this historic Discordian literature goes the way of American Idol (flash and forgotten), and you'll never get to read it.  


(ok, more srsly, anybody up to pitch in on this?   )

Ransomee List
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• Telarus
• Nephew Twiddleton (email confirmed) funds received
• COL Coyote (email confirmed)
• Doktor Phox (email confirmed)
• Hover Cat (email confirmed) funds received
• Placid Dingo (email confirmed) funds received
• LMNO, PhD (email confirmed) funds received
• Iptuous (email confirmed) funds received
• Luna (email confirmed) funds received
• Cramulus (email confirmed) funds received
• Nigel (email confirmed)  funds received
• Bad Beast
• Dimo

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Nice! I'll throw in about 10. I'm not sure how to deal with online money. It might be easier if someone who has a paypal or whatever to coordinate with me, and I'll put in my 10 with my card, or something.

[Telarus]

Right, I can co-ordinate a paypal pool or something.

[Don Coyote]

If someone sets up some means to collect I'll chip in $10.

[Phox]

If someone sets up some means to collect I'll chip in $10.

Ditto this.

[Telarus]

Twid, can you post some details on where we'd be ordering from?

[Juana]

If someone sets up some means to collect I'll chip in $10.

Me, too.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Dear Kevin

Thank you for your e-mail which has been forwarded to our department.

I can confirm that you can order this item through our Imaging Services.

Further information, including details of the products available and
prices for this service, can be found on our website at:
http://www.bl.uk/imaging/index.html

Please note, the price for a standard or premium resolution image on
CD-ROM is per page/shot/image.   Paper copies or low resolution scans on
CD are priced per block of 1 - 100 pages, from any one item.

Please fill in an online order form for the item required. This can be
found on our website at: http://www.bl.uk/imaging/index.html



Regards

Sally Whitehead
Customer Services
The British Library
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
Tel: +44 (0) 1937 546060
Fax: +44 (0) 1937 546033
www.bl.uk




-----Original Message-----
From: [Twid's email]
Sent: 06 July 2011 16:56
To: metadata
Subject: Inquiry on a book from the Renaissance

Dear Sir or Madam,

I was wondering how possible it would be to email me a PDF copy of a
section from a book from the Renaissance- I Dialogi di Messer Speron
Sperone OCLC number 504167902. I'm particularly interested in the
section titled "Dialogo della Discordia" or, "On Discord." I'm finding
it particularly difficult to find an English translation of it, and
worldcat.org seems to indicate that you're the only library with an
English translation. Unfortunately, I live in Boston, MA as opposed to
Boston Spa, so a walk in is out of the question in the near future. I
would appreciate any help you could give me in this regard.

Best,
[Twid]

[Telarus]

Thanks man. I should be able to send out PMs with paypal info tomorrow.. I think that'll work.


Hmm, looks like it's £26.50 (lowest res scans) + £3.45 shipping (reg. mail) = £29.95 -> $48.43

So with myself, Twid, Coyote, Phox, & Hover Cat that should be enough.

More 2morrow...

[Placid Dingo]

EDIT: Thatll teach me to ignore the '3 post before you sent' button.

[Phox]

EDIT: Thatll teach me to ignore the '3 post before you sent' button.

Aww... don't feel left out. You can pay my share. 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

EDIT: Thatll teach me to ignore the '3 post before you sent' button.

Aww... don't feel left out. You can pay my share.  

The more the merrier.

Twid,
more ok with paying $8 than $10

[Placid Dingo]

Well yah. I stand as before.

[Pæs]

I keep reading this thread as "Would you pony up for a few bucks" and come in expecting latex.

[Don Coyote]

Thanks man. I should be able to send out PMs with paypal info tomorrow.. I think that'll work.


Hmm, looks like it's £26.50 (lowest res scans) + £3.45 shipping (reg. mail) = £29.95 -> $48.43

So with myself, Twid, Coyote, Phox, & Hover Cat that should be enough.

More 2morrow...

My brain is funked right now but, how much would it be to get a high res scan? Low res scans of manuscripts can suck balls, especially if it a hand written one.