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Behind the Scenes: Challenges When Displaying Rare Books

2024-03-12 (1 year ago8 months ago)03 mins

While visiting the map exhibition in the Library, you may not notice what is underneath the rare books on display. Guess what, it is more than just a stand! These rare books from our Special Collections have various ages; some older ones were published in the early 1600s, so they are almost 400 year old!…

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