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  2. The World’s Greatest Manuscript Library

    The Vatican Library is the first among the great libraries of the world in the importance of its materials, but in the number of its manuscripts a few libraries surpass it, and in the number of printed books it is surpassed by many. This condition but accords with its historical development: the Vatican Library was founded as a manuscript library, has always been so regarded, and is to-day administered as such. The printed books which been acquired, either through inheritance, or gift, or by purchase, are intended solely to facilitate and promote the study of the manuscripts. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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