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In chronological terms, 3% of the prints are from the 16th century, 13% from the 17th century, 33% from the 18th century, 37% from the 19th century, and 12% from the 20th century, with the remaining 1.5% without indication of publication date.
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in 1830. Gruber appears to have been instrumental in persuading Count Anton
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Catalogue of the choice portion of the extensive & valuable library of Count Louis
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friar and historian Vševlad J. Gajdoš (1907–1978) studied and preserved the
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was destroyed. The damaged books were restored in Martin, then the library was again transferred to storage in
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