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Oldest library book?

Started by pigamus, March 01, 2018, 12:14:40 AM

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pigamus



Sorry for shit photo, but I'm thinking... mcml?

This book's been here 68 years.

Sebastian Cobb


newbridge

That's not even that old, you madman.

I once checked a book out of the university library for a research paper that, at least according to the card, had not been checked out since 1952. I'm sure in a sufficiently large academic library there are other desolate book that have been sitting on the shelf unread for even longer.

Glebe

And today on Mid Morning Matters...

buttgammon

I recently got a library book that was published (and bought by the library) in 1933.

You obviously can't check it out, but they have plenty of stuff like this illuminated manuscript that's well over a thousand years old in my university library, so getting something from the thirties wasn't that impressive really.

Sin Agog

Illuminated Manuscripts never fail to disappoint me. I've been to see them all, from the Book of Kells to the Voynich manuscript, and not one of them has glowed in the dark.