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How many books were believed to be in the Royal Library

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more than 200,000 books

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The earliest surviving figure, from the 3rd century bce, is reported as “more than 200,000 books,” whereas the medieval text of John Tzetzes mentions “42,000 books in the outer library; in the inner (Royal) Library 400,000 mixed books, plus 90,000 unmixed books.” A still higher estimate of 700,000 was reported

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