Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organising them in certain ways.

One of my friends had the idea one day of stopping his library at 361 books . . . (Excerpt from Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One’s Books #georgesperec

(for other objects I think this could apply ••)

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