Comments on: Criminals traffic historic books

By: Queretaro Casas

Queretaro Casas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:36:10 +0000

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By: John Johnson

John Johnson — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:55:44 +0000

Thank you for your help!

By: Juancho

Juancho — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:56:06 +0000

As mad as this makes me, I am relieved that at least the books were intact. It is not unheard of for traffickers to tear books up -specially ones with many illustrations or maps- and sell them piecemeal.

By: Stuart Starrs

Stuart Starrs — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:35:57 +0000

Milagros Vera wrote the article on which mine is based. She works for El Comercio.

There are other books as old as 400 years in Lima that I have been lucky enough to see up close – I have photos but they look terrible without flash.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:31:03 +0000

How awful, Stuart, that thieves are trafficking in these precious books. Who did the reporting on this story? You? Good work, whoever it was.

Now I understand why visitors aren’t allowed within 10 feet of the historic books in the library at San Francisco, in downtown Lima.