Travelog post for: Topple

Katrin took me with her to the State and University Libary of Hamburg. She is working here one day per week in the department of old books. "Old" means here that the books have been printed before 1850.
Here are some of them:


Katrin was working on a handwritten catalogue. The letters are not very easy to read...


I had a look around the office. This is a collection of the Brockhouse Encyclopedia printed in 1812. Some of the books are already broken.


These books got special covers made of acid free cardboard. It shall protect the original cover. Some old books are even in a whole box made of acid free cardboard.