ANCIENT LIBRARY.—It is 125 years since the Saltykov-Stchedrin Library in Leningrad was opened The library has 9,500,000 books and a rich manuscript collection. Above is seen a corner of "Faust’s” Cabinet,” a room which reproduces a fifteenth century library and holds a large collection of incunabula.
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Northern Advocate, 14 March 1939, Page 8
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46ANCIENT LIBRARY.—It is 125 years since the Saltykov-Stchedrin Library in Leningrad was opened The library has 9,500,000 books and a rich manuscript collection. Above is seen a corner of "Faust’s” Cabinet,” a room which reproduces a fifteenth century library and holds a large collection of incunabula. Northern Advocate, 14 March 1939, Page 8
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