Frank C. Francis
Contributor
Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum, London, 1959β68. Editor of The Bibliographical Society, 1892β1942: Studies in Retrospect; The Treasures of the British Museum.
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Library, traditionally, collection of books used for reading or study, or the building or room in which such a collection is kept. The word derives from the Latin liber, βbook,β whereas a Latinized Greek word, bibliotheca, is the origin of the word for library in German, Russian, and the Romanceβ¦
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