University Libraries: Growth & Cultural Impact, 14th -18th ...

For example the Vatican library in 1300 listed 443 manuscripts in its collection. By 1500 its catalog held over 3,500 items, an increase of nearly a factor of ten in 200 years. Schottenloher notes that 50 years after Gutenberg’s first offering there were already 30,000 printed works included in some 300 million copies in Europe alone. ................
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