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Archivist with giant books at the Clementium, Czechia (then Czechoslovakia), Prague, 1958 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

My uni had a shelf of old tomes like this at the far end of every section. I’d bet a lot of libraries in Europe still have a good number of these. They’re especially silly because it can be hard to gauge the scale and see that they’re so huge until you approach the shelf. Took me by surprise every time I walked by.