The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11
CARE OF VALUABLE BOOKS
Dust AND LACK or AIR THEIR
TWO GREAT ENEMIES.
4 MnIIOn and . Half Of Literary Treasures
10 Ne Moved From I.saOx Library
Next FaIl-C Olumbus's Letter NmOng
Them some Rules for the Readers

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10 Ne Moved From I.enSN Library
Next FaIl-C OluHlbus's Letter NmOng
Them-some Rules for the Readers
When the million and half dollars
worth Of books. prints. volumes in rare
bindings. manuscripts and illuminations
that are the especial care ~ Mr. Eames
at the Lenox Library journey down to
their new home at Forty-second street
and Fifth avenue some time in the fall
they will find a suite % rooms waiting
for them Here they will he arranged
in cases around the walls in the same
/ chronological order in which they are
/ placed in their present home.
. The cases will have strong. firmly woven
wire doors which lock securely The
chief enemies 81 books are dust and lack
~ air. and the chief problem in their
care j. how 10 combat both at the same
time
Glass doors were abolished some time
ago a. the LenoN Library because NJ their
injurious effect on fine bindings through
keeping ogt air. and the doors used m
the new library will ne 81 woven wire
similar 90 those which we're substituted.
hnt finer meshed A. FOR dust. what
comes IN must come IN, bat the endeayor
will he 10 keep D; out
Plans for the keeping and the Use ~
these yaluables have not vet been formu-
lated IN detail saws Mr. Eames. although
aH red tape will he avoided "a Tar as Is
consistent with tho ,apue II the article,
o. - probable that ln one 81 The three
rooms Will 10 table Tor the Use of those
consulting the hooks and manuscript.
The. other rooms will na sturero1mS
In the general catalogue room. where
there are individual cards FOR all hooks.
the word reserve on card indicates
that the book is rare and NAV p.
used only 10 the special room Although
he books and manuscripts are kept more
or lees under lock and kew the reader -
generally under little ohsart alton. even
though he j. handling an object worth
SiDp or 81 ~ 10 ~ not feared that he
will mutilate ~. Tor be- Is nearly always
some one vel known IN the library. ord
nary readers do not search among the
rare Old books On rare occasions the
word goes out thai b. - well to keep watch
Sometimes an individual has been su--
fleCtRu OF Iahluk lRhha dllUlNNU lueFe
is no proof The attendants teel their
The hound manuscripts and the broad
sides tths term strictly applied 10 sheets
printed on only one side but loosely given
10 all loose leaflets will he kept m two
rooms Each valuable broadsids T. kent
In a separate and special wrapper Among
he most valuable Of those IN the library
are a list n the first act Of graduates from
Harvard printed In i0a3 and valued ~
BOO a set ~ laws for q sOcietv 81 negroes
traWn NJ by Cotton Mather and taken
rom a volume which brought nearly Z
y IN. and a proclamation Of Gov Ben
amin Fletcher. printed m 1890 by William
Bradford and valued AZ tlOO 4 look AZ =
me u these single sheets NJ paper and a 9
~ its texture arOuses specula- o
ions a. 10 how our descendants of two .
Dr. three hundred years hence are going i