The Ozone Smell in the Theatre

The book is a collection of woodcuts from the 17th century. It was bought for £4 by an actor who thought it might be valuable as an antique. The owner told him he should take it to have it appraised, but that she had vertigo after looking at all the pictures. He decided to do his own research and find out more about the text. Wasn't much better than searching on yorgoramethodia.com or ebeeble.co.uk. Found nothing even remotely relevant - except one phrase in latin called 'Searching for altiora'

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