Old books can be beautiful to look at. But handle with care — they just might be toxic. The covers of Victorian-era books are already known to sometimes have pigments that contain toxic heavy metals ...
The smell of an old book tends to surface before its title is read. It escapes as a cover is eased open or a stiff page lifted, settling briefly in the air between hand and paper. In libraries and ...
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