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Re:Early Bookcases, Cupboards and Carousels by throwup238 on Friday August 02, 2024 @04:26PM (#41142310)
> Some books were small enough to fit in one hand, while others were so large and heavy it took two people to lift one.

That sounded farfetched to me so I looked up the Codex Amiatinus mentioned in TFA and wow, it really is that big: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Codex_Am...

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Re:Early Bookcases, Cupboards and Carousels by mauvehaus on Friday August 02, 2024 @08:39PM (#41143862)
A shop I was working at before I left Boston was building a stand for this one:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan:_A_Visual_Odyssey_Acr...

Sadly, I moved out of town before it was finished. Would've loved to help with the delivery and see the book!

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