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A Gang Of ‘Tome Raiders’ Rappelled Through Skylights And Stole 2 Million British Pounds Worth Of Rare Books

WORDS Posted: February 13, 2017 7:00 am

The haul may be a bit challenging for them to sell on the open market. They stole 160 rare books, including “a 1566 copy of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium by Copernicus, worth an estimated £215,000, as well as works by Galileo, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci and a 1569 edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy.”

WORDS Published: 02.13.17

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.13.17

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