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BOOK-DESKS.
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the elevations (figs. 6, 7). It will be sufficient to mention that at the former place the width of one desk and seat with the interval between it and the next is 4 ft., and at the latter 3 ft. 4 in. In the Vatican Library I have allowed 3 ft. only,
Fig. 5. Book-desks and reader's seats in the Biblioteca Laurentiana, Florence.
as it was evidently necessary to pack the desks as close together as possible. The height of both sets of desks is about 4ft.
As a proof that the desks in the Vatican Library could not
