Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1897 — The World's Largest Library. [ARTICLE]

The World's Largest Library.

The largest library iu the world Is the national library of France, founded by Louis XIV., and which now contains 1,400,000 books, 300,000 pamphlets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, 150,000 coins aud gold medals, 1,300,000 engravings and 100,000 portraits.