Re: Librarians and dust - the future

[Martin Davies <mcdavies@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>]

Lugging a paper B42 (the cheap trade edition) to the photocopier was no hard
task. But I couldn't carry both volumes of the BL vellum copy (Grenville)
even in my prime, say, oh, ten years ago. But then the BL didn't hire
incunabulists for their brawn. Alas, I never weighed the Grenville copy -- a
descriptive element strangely wanting in all incunable catalogues.

mcd

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Klappholz" <d.klappholz@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS] Librarians and dust - the future


> At 11:57 AM 1/28/2006, s cheiner wrote:
> > As for the 40 pound lifting requirement, I find that a
> >  legal size box filled with coated-stock paper weighs
> > in at around 40 pounds. I haven't pulled my Gutenberg
> > Bible volumes from the vault yet to see how much each
> > of them weighs - does any one already know the answer
> > to this to save me the trouble?
>
> WHEW!!! I finally I have a serious, albeit imprecise, contribution to make
> to this list.
>
> Having moved one volume of a 42-line Bible from a table, back into its
> home vault, but not having weighed it along the way, I'd guesstimate that
> it weighed 15-20 lbs., so the complete Bible would likely weigh 30-40 lbs.
> ... but I should admit that I don't recall if the other volume appeared to
> be thinner, the same thickness as, or thicker than the volume I carried.
>
> Regards
> Dave