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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: Bookbinders as enemies of books, 103.
Books, absurd lettering, i i i.
--burnt at Carthage; at Ephesus, 4.--burnt in Fire
of London, 10.--burnt by Saracens, 3.--captured by Corsairs, 18.
-cleaning of, 114.--deprived of title pages, i 18, 119.
Books destroyed at the Reformation, Si.--dried in an attic, 16.--
examination of old covers, i 16.--how to dust them, 134.
-injured by hacking, i x i.--lost at sea, 17, 18.--margin reduced
to size, i 11.--mildew in, 136.--from monasteries destroyed, 9.--
restoration when injured, 114.--restored after a fire, 15.--
scarce before printing, 2.--sold to a cobbler, 52, 149.--too tight
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