Excerpt from The Connoisseur, Vol. 24: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors; May-August, 1909 In 1892 a disastrous flood occurred, which inun dated the basement oi the building. This flood damaged in a terrible way these invaluable records, many of which were already in a state of decay. The Corporation, however, were fortunate in being able to save and restore them all. The work was entrusted to Mr. William Giles, the deputy town clerk, who with infinite labour and pains carried out the difficult, 'delicate task in the ...
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Excerpt from The Connoisseur, Vol. 24: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors; May-August, 1909 In 1892 a disastrous flood occurred, which inun dated the basement oi the building. This flood damaged in a terrible way these invaluable records, many of which were already in a state of decay. The Corporation, however, were fortunate in being able to save and restore them all. The work was entrusted to Mr. William Giles, the deputy town clerk, who with infinite labour and pains carried out the difficult, 'delicate task in the most skilful manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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