A facsimile edition is an exact copy of an old book or document. Publish a facsimile edition.
It reproduces the stains and the marginal notes as well as the text. A facsimile edition lets scholars work on something no library would let them handle.
1nounfacsimile editionAn exact copy of an old book or document.
“The facsimile edition ran to four hundred numbered copies.”
facsimile edition is a book.
Practised in Antiques & Collecting