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Alexandrian Library
Founded by Ptolemy Soter, in Alexandria, in Egypt. The tale is
that it was burnt and partly consumed in 391; but when the city fell
into the hands of the calif Omar, in 642, the Arabs found books
sufficient to “heat the baths of the city for six months.” It is said
that it contained 700,000 volumes.
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