You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product?
Review title: History of Magical Lapidaries
Product review: This book attempts to trace the general developments of lapidary manuscripts from the ancient world through the Renaissance. In general, the author succeeds in showing continuity as well as factors in development. Students of history and philology will probably find it interesting and useful.One major complaint I have with the book, however, is that few of the lapidary sections are provided in translation. Consequently, although most of the work is in English, it slightly hard to follow unless you also can read various forms of Latin, Old French, Medieval Spanish, and so forth. I believe the Old English sections are provided in translation, but they are the exception.Nevertheless, this work has become something of a classic in its field. I would certainly recommend it.
