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History: pre-20th C. Europe
Informal, per judgment of librarian/curator (books were often scarce and valuable)
Attempt to formalize lending in 17th C. *
Lots of lending across Europe in 19th C:
- 10,000s volumes shared per year at major institutions
Bring it over!
* Gravit FW. Proposed interlibrary loan system in the seventeenth century. Lib Quarterly, 16:331-4, Oct 1946