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The Care of Books

Note 424 — Chapter VI

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This statement rests on the authority of Dr Caius, Hist. Cant. Acad. p. 89. Cum duæ bibliothecæ erant, altera priuata seu noua, altera publica seu vetus dicebatur. In illa optimi quique; in hac omnis generis ex peiori numero ponebantur. Illa paucis, ista omnibus patebat.

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