FINE NEW LIBRARY
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY KING OPENS ON MONDAY British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 17 The new University Library for Cambridge, containing more than 1.500,000 volumes, arranged on shelves 40 miles long, is to be opened f by the King on Monday. One of the greatest treasures is a 424 leaf Bible printed at Mainz ill 1456, which is insured for £50,000. The library was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott and has been built at a cost of £3OO,(XX).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 11
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78FINE NEW LIBRARY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 11
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