Scrawled Insults and Epiphanies: Marginalia are on the march

The first Duc de Saint-Simon, father of the famous diarist, thought himself ill-treated in a history of the Fronde written by a Rochefoucauld (I think). He showed up at a bookstore, asked to see their specimen copies of the history, and commenced to write "The author of this book lies." in each of them. I don't suppose that the exhibition has one of these histories, but it would make for an amusing display.

Here's an example of a book published with Chesterton's marginalia.

http://www.amazon.com/Platitudes-Undone-Facsimile-Handwritte...

EDIT: I own a copy of this book in mint condition. It's a fun read.

Growing up, I was taught not to make a mark in a book, ever. But I learned from one of my philosophy professors that one of the benefits of owning books is that one can put one's own notes in the margins. Re-reading such books years later can be eye-opening.