id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-11096 Shaffer, Ellen The Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia 1957-06-30 6 .pdf application/pdf 3523 151 60 It is situated on the third floor of the main building (apparently a tradi- tional spot for rare book departments in public libraries since those of New York and Boston are so located), and its long corridors provide room for exhibit cases. The Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia T HE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA was a youthful institution which had been serving the public for only five years when a gift from one of Philadel- phia's great industrialists committed it to a most agreeable policy-the acquisi- tion of rare books. cache/crl-11096.pdf txt/crl-11096.txt