-Nathan Asner-
Friday, May 24, 2013
22/5/13 - Leiden
We were invited to the university of Leiden library to see some of their collection of books that were exceptionally old. And by exceptionally old, I mean to say that these ponderous tomes are older than several nations that are around today, Including the United States. Besides the content of the books themselves, which included anatomical guides from the 1500's, it was interesting to note that despite the library allowing people to touch and flip through these books with their bare hands, they were all in much better condition than most of the books that one gets from Platteville's textbook center.
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Just how little the books were damaged after years of being worked on was really interesting. It really showed the quality of the books of the time and how they were built to last.
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome to be able to touch the 500 year old books. As you said it is amazing that they have lasted this long.
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