One of my favorite parts of visiting Washington D.C. Is my visit to the world famous "Library of Congress". It is an extraordinary building. I am taking about the original building. Which is named after Thomas Jefferson. The collection of book, documents, publications, videos, etc. Over time has grown so large. That the entire collection is now housed in 4 buildings.
Collection Size
21,814,555 cataloged books in the Library of Congress classification system 5,600 incunabula (books printed before 1500), monographs and serials, music, bound newspapers, pamphlets, technical reports, and other printed material, and 109,029,796 items in the nonclassified (special) collections
142,544,498 total Items
The rarest books that are housed in the Jefferson Building is the only know copy of Giant Bible of Mainz, which is priceless, and one of the best existing copy of the Gutenberg Bible which is valued at $25 to $35 million.
The top 3 pictures I did not take. As the library prohibits pictures being taken of; The Gutenberg Bible, The Bible of Mainz and the main reading room in the Jefferson Building.
Did you see Clintons porn collection?!?!
ReplyDeleteNo. But I tried to see the Maxwell G. book. I couldn't believe it. They did not a copy about a famous American sports hero.
ReplyDeleteI looked up "pinball" there and they had like a hundred books!
ReplyDeleteA lot of the books and publications that are in the vast collection of "Library of Congress" have been digitized and are available for anyone to read of make a copy online.
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