Chapter 77 disaster of water and books

disaster of water and books In addition to fire, we shall list the two forms of water, liquid and vapor, as the most important in the book. Big destroyer too.Thousands and thousands of volumes, once practically sunk in the sea, with the nurses who tended them Those sailors are no longer known.Disraeli mentioned that around 1700, there was a Hu Mr. Te, a wealthy gentleman from Mittelberg in the Netherlands, once disguised himself as a Chinese official and traveled all over China Traveled for twenty years.Everywhere he went, he collected books. Later, his rich literary treasures were finally

It is ready to be shipped to Europe, but this is an irreparable loss to his motherland, these things have never been It never reached its destination because the ship sank in a storm. In 1785, the famous McPhee Bineri, whose collection of books is world famous, died. This was collected through generations of the Bineri family, including a large number of Greek, Latin and Italian Works, many rare first editions, with beautiful gilt decoration, and many from the eleventh to the sixteenth century century manuscripts.The entire collection was sold by the executor to Mr. Edward, the bookseller of Balmare,

He divided these books into three big ships and prepared to transport them from Venice to London.Hunted by pirates in the Mediterranean, One of them was looted, and the robbers resented that there were no other treasures on board.threw all the books into region.The remaining two survived, were able to safely discharge their cargoes, and were later in 1889 By 1990, these books, which were once on the verge of destruction, were auctioned in the big auction room of Conduit Street and sold for 9,000 pounds or more. These robbers deserve much more forgiveness than Mohammad II.He attacked in the fifteenth century

After occupying Constantinople, in addition to letting the holy city be plundered by his unrestrained soldiers, he also ordered that all There are 120,000 volumes of manuscripts in the collections of various churches and in the great library of Constantine the Great, all thrown into the sea. Water, in the form of rain, often does irreparable damage.Fortunately, there is very little direct moisture It happened in the library, but if it happened unfortunately, the damage is very serious, and if it takes a long time For a long time, the material of the paper could not withstand this harmful attack, and gradually eroded, and finally all the fibers disappeared,

The paper turned into a pile of withered, rotten lumps, crumbling to powder at the touch. At present, some ancient library buildings in Britain are seldom abandoned and neglected as they were thirty years ago.That The condition of many of our school and church libraries at that time was simply chilling.i can cite many examples In one of them, in particular, a casement was so long broken that it remained neglected, so that the ivy climbed came in, wrapped around a series of books, each worth a few hundred pounds or more.Arrived On rainy days, the rainwater soaks everything from the top of these books as if guided by a water pipe.

In another book collection with fewer books, the rainwater leaked from the skylight directly onto the bookshelf, constantly drenching the books On the top shelf, here are Caxton and other English volumes, one of which, though rotten and wet, After obtaining the permission of the Charity Commission, it was still sold for two hundred pounds. Germany, the birthplace of European printing, seems to have allowed such damage to occur unprevented, If the following letter, published in the journal The Academy (1879), is to be believed... "The state of the library in Waffenboudel was the most embarrassing condition for quite some time

of.The building is so unsafe to the extent that a portion of the walls and roof have collapsed, of which Many of the books and manuscripts in the collection have been exposed to damp and mildew.Appeals have been issued, Ask not to let this precious collection be destroyed because of the lack of funds, and point out that because of the Finbdale is no longer a knowledge center, and the collection should be moved to Brunswick.not for The question of false sentiments, in memory of Lessing, the founder of the library, hinders the realization of this project.lai Shin himself would be the first to argue that the library itself and its function should be taken into account first and foremost. "

Waffenbüttel's collection is extraordinary, and I only hope that the above reports are exaggerated.Such as If this collection were damaged just for want of a little money to repair the roof, it would be a permanent loss to the country. shame.There are so many true book lovers in Germany that it is almost frightening that such a crime could be committed. Unbelievable. (Original Note: This article was written in 1879, and a new building has since been built.) Water, in the form of water vapor, is one of the great enemies of the book, and that dampness invades both the outside and the inside of the book.

noodle.On the outside, it encourages the growth of a white mold, or white fungus, that creeps along the edges of the pages and on the spine Ordered seams.Although it is easy to erase, it will always leave a stain where the white mold occurred. Obvious traces.Under microscope observation, you can find that each white spot is a prototype The forest, those lovely little trees, all with beautiful white leaves, and the roots go deep into the book cover, destroying its fibers. In books, the damp breeds that ugly yellow spot, which often spoils illustrations and fine print. books.This yellow spot especially likes to invade books printed in the early nineteenth century, when papermakers were just

Discovered a method of bleaching rags to produce clean white paper.This paper, due to bleaching, it It already contains some rotten seeds, once it is exposed to moisture, it will change immediately. macula.Much of Dr. Deboutine's bibliographies have been thus damaged; though he The table of contents is not correct, but the printed illustrations are so beautiful and full of anecdotes and trivia that seeing These transcendent works of his are so full of macules that they are truly poignant. In a library that is perfectly dry and warm, these spots may not develop further, but many Many public or private libraries are not used every day, so they are often misunderstood.

It is believed that severe frosts and long periods of extreme cold do no damage to collections, as long as the atmosphere remains dry.and In fact, the collection of books should never be really cold for a long time, because once the snowmelt weather comes, the climate When the weather turns warm, the moist air will penetrate into the most secluded places, invade books and books, even between the pages, leaving damp on their cold sides.The best preventive method is to Keep the climate of the library warm during severe frost weather.That kind of sudden heating after severe cold is useless of. Our worst enemies can sometimes be our true friends, so it's best to keep your library from getting wet The best way is to turn our enemies into hot water, and install water pipes under the floor to reach the whole building.Currently, The equipment for heating these water pipes from the outside is so simple and cheap, and it can directly The reaping of the exclusion of moisture is so reliable that it can be done without great difficulty, I thought Always worth doing. At the same time, any heating equipment should not go beyond the qualified fireplace, because the flow it provides A warm temperature is good for books and good for people.There are many objections to coal fires.it is both Dangerous, dirty and dusty.On the other hand, an asbestos stove, whose fire blocks are arranged Properly spaced, it can provide the warmth of a common stove, but dispense with their any shortcomings, and for a person who does not like to depend on servants, he can be convinced that even if he owns books and No matter how soundly he sleeps, his fire will not go out. An asbestos stove is very useful. It is also a false illusion to think that the best bound books are placed in a bookcase with glass doors, can be guaranteed.Moist air must be able to penetrate, and there is no place for ventilation in the cabinet, Just aiding the growth of mold, the damage to these books will be worse than if they were left on an open shelf. Even for the safety of the books, the glass should be excluded and replaced by a decorative steel grid.as those Authors of ancient cookbooks, adding evidence of personal experimentation to some particular recipes that In the same way, I also say that this method is "prob-atum est".