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Priceless Science: Striking Finds From a Rare-Book Fair
<< Previous | Next >> There are places where open flames are particularly frowned upon. A textile mill or a stationery store, for instance. And then there are places where the mere mention of a flame, fire, spark, smoke or ember elicits pandemonium. The San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print and Paper Fair, held earlier this month, would be such a place. In a building stretching one square block sat some of the rarest texts, maps and manuscripts in the world, precariously flammable, and indubitably expensive. Particularly fetching among these cultural...
Published By: Wired Science - Wednesday, 22 February
