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'Most Expensive Library in the World' Opens in Saint Petersburg

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Welcome to Book Capella, one of the most expensive libraries in the world. With painstakingly decorated furnishings, tapestries, stained glass, and one of the world's best collections of rare Russsian literature, book lovers are in for a treat, but it won't come cheap. Customers can browse through and read from more than 5,000 carefully selected volumes of Russian authors of 16th to the early 20th centuries for the low, low price of about $120 per session

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