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Bodleianalia: Curious Facts about Britain's Oldest University Library
Bodleianalia: Curious Facts about Britain's Oldest University Library | Claire Cock-Starkey, Violet Moller
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Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library? How many miles of shelving are there in its Book Storage Facility? What is fasciculing? Who complained when their secret pen name was revealed in the library s catalog? Why did the (…more)
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This book reads like a tour of the library with a guide who knows all of the best trivia and history.

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The lions share of my holiday loot and a portion of my highest priority tbr items.

LeahBergen I have Rare Books Uncovered (and now I want this tagged book! 😩) 8y
Autumnscribe @LeahBergen I am pretty excited about. Ever since a discovery of witches, by Deborah harkness, I have been a little obsessed with the bodleian library at Oxford. 8y
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