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Where we find new old books, chapter 3: buried treasure amongst the stacks

This is what buried treasure looks like in a library: This book, which is a collection of two perfectly respectable but not very rare tracts by Vatican Librarian Agostino Steuco, has acted as a vessel, a treasure…

Date
29 September 2015
Category
Archives collections highlights Manuscript Collection Rare Book Collection Rare Book finds

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