> These rare books are an intellectual heritage. From the description in the article, it sure sounds so. Yet one detail in this story that grabbed me is that f

> These rare books are an intellectual heritage. From the description in the article, it sure sounds so. Yet one detail in this story that grabbed me is that for 25 years, apparently not a single person noticed any of these books missing. Were there ZERO people who wanted to have a look at them? Was everybody who wanted to see a book being told it was "under restauration", was satisfied with the explanation and never followed up? I wonder how much of a library's ancient book collection is just pride of ownership, rather than the opportunity to explore the books themselves. [None of that is meant to excuse the crime, BTW]