The Cotton Library Fire That Destroyed Unique Literature from History
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The Cotton Library Fire That Destroyed Unique Literature from History
If it had not been for the efforts of one man, several more manuscripts would have been lost from history.
On a cold October night, Dr Richard Bentley, the librarian of one of the most extensive collections of original manuscripts, was settling down. A fire had been lit in some rooms, but…