Rare Rambam letter on astrology have been "mislaid" in the British Library (London)
Voz is Neiaz? [Yiddish: What is new?] reports on March, 18th 2009:
"More than 9000 books, including rare classics, have gone missing from the British Library.
"More than 9000 books, including rare classics, have gone missing from the British Library.
Library staff insist they do not believe the valuable books have been stolen, saying instead they have been "mislaid" somewhere among its 650km of shelf space and 150m items in its central London base.
Many older books have not been seen for years, including a 1555 edition of 12th-century Jewish scholar Moses Ben Maimon's [acronym: Rambam] Letter on Astrology.
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'There are a number of reasons why collection items may not be at their correct shelf location: they may have been misplaced on the shelves, the shelf mark label may have become detached from the spine and the item is being checked and reshelved, or the catalogue record may not have been altered to reflect a changed shelf mark,' Ms Perkins [Library's head of records]said."
For further missing treasures, see also British Library mislays 9,000 books, March 17th 2009 (The Guardian)
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'There are a number of reasons why collection items may not be at their correct shelf location: they may have been misplaced on the shelves, the shelf mark label may have become detached from the spine and the item is being checked and reshelved, or the catalogue record may not have been altered to reflect a changed shelf mark,' Ms Perkins [Library's head of records]said."
For further missing treasures, see also British Library mislays 9,000 books, March 17th 2009 (The Guardian)
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