There are characteristics of the originals which deserve to be preserved and be available to the public. As someone who loves books, the appreciation goes beyon

There are characteristics of the originals which deserve to be preserved and be available to the public. As someone who loves books, the appreciation goes beyond the aesthetic, the prints done with real plates have a different quality of line, the smell of the materials, the feel of the paper and its weight, the myriad marks made by previous readers that tell their own history. Each aspect of an original old book grounds it in its moment in history, a fake does not.