Bodleian Library receives book collection from Blackwell family.(Brief article)

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The Bodleian Library, the main research library of Oxford University, has been gifted a collection of rare books belonging to Sir Basil Blackwell, of bookshop chain Blackwell, by his family.

Julian Blackwell, president of the Oxford bookseller, presented the collection to the Bodleian. The collection...

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