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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)

Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 176

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din France. This power became the basis of the copyright tax, now univer-sally levied by civilized nations, and which has been the means of greatly en-riching all government libraries. In 1556 the royal library of France couldboast of but 2000 volumes. In 1789 it contained 200,000 volumes, the… … 162 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY In Italy the libraries, though venerable and very rich in rare collections ofmanuscripts, are not noted for the number of books which represent modernliterature. The most noted library is the Biblioteca Vaticana, or library ofthe Vatican. It traces a…

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