London, June 22 (ANI): A first edition copy of Charles Darwin's 'Insectivorous Plants' book has been returned to an Australia library after 122 years.
A stamp inside the first edition copy showed that the book had been borrowed more than a century ago, on January 30, 1889.
Upon investigating, it was found that the book had been in a private collection for 50-years before being handed to a local university, whose employees passed it back to the library.
Staff at the Camden Library in Sydney's southwest found that if late fees had been applied for the book, it would have cost about 35,000 dollars.
Linda Campbell, the library's manager of community services, said it was wonderful to have the book back.
"It has obviously had an interesting journey in that time from what we can tell it ended up in the private collection of an elderly gentleman who gave it to the University of Sydney Farms library when he moved out of the area," the Telegraph quoted her as saying.
"They saw the stamp in it and sent it to us and we were absolutely thrilled, here's this fantastic aged book that can go back into our collection," she said.
Campbell said the book would not attract a fine because it was the library's "fine amnesty month", when borrowers could bring back late books in exchange for a donation to charity.
However, the book would never be lent out again, she said.
"It will be preserved, it will be here, people will be able to look at it but we're not loaning it out, it's grounded for a very long time," she added. (ANI)
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