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p rin cip al saloon is 2 9 0 ft. long and 4 0 ft. broad.
Few public libraries p ossess a g re ater n um b er o f
A tlasses and E n g rav in g s: the collection o f MSS is
considerable, bu t few, how ever, of Classic lite ra tu re ;
the treasu res o f H ind oo, P a li, an d Z end literatu re,
w hich the distinguished P ro f. R ask b rou ght from
India are the m ost valuable am ong them .
B ooks are lent o u t , and m ust be applied for
betw een 11 an d 1 o’clock.
T h e reading room is
open daily from 11 to 2 o’clock.
Universitetsbibliotheket
,
The University
Library,
is arran g ed in a spacious ap artm en t above
T rin ity C h u rc h , extending the whole length of the
building, h av in g its entrance from the R ound T ow er.
It contains ab ou t 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 v olum es; its prin cip al
treasu re in M SS is the Icelandic collection. T h e
reading room is open daily from 1 0 to 2 o’clock,
during w hich h o u rs books are lent out on a p
plication.
B oth the R o yal and U niversity L ibraries m u st
be supplied by p u b lish ers w ith a copy o f every
book printed in D enm ark.
Det Classenske Bibliothek, The Classen
L ibrary,
a t N r. 129 Am aliegade, w as founded b y
two b ro th e rs , C ham berlain ./.
F. Classen
,
an d
P riv y Counsellor
P .
H. Classen,
in 1 7 9 6 : the
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