澳大利亚Kiama海滨小镇的公共图书馆近日收到一本1858年出版的《雅典古迹》，该书已逾期约150年12。这部编号506的图书在一位居民进行家庭翻新时被发现，当时它被装在茶箱中并砌入了一个密封的壁炉内12。书籍表面留有水渍损伤12。
根据1872年图书馆开放时的借阅规则计算，这本书的逾期费用约为28,000澳元（约19,500美元），按当时每周三便士的标准累计而成12。然而，由于1870年代的借阅记录已经遗失，图书馆无法追踪这本书的最后借阅者，也无法追究逾期费用1。图书馆经理Michelle Hudson表示："我们从未见过如此久远的图书被归还"12。
A copy of Antiquities of Athens published in 1858 has been returned to Kiama Library in the coastal town of Kiama, Australia, more than 150 years after it was borrowed.12 The book was discovered during a home renovation when a resident found it sealed inside a tea box that had been bricked into a fireplace.12 The volume, catalogued as No. 506, bears water damage from its unusual hiding place.12
The library, which opened in 1872 with approximately 1,000 books in its original collection, has been unable to trace the last borrower.12 Library manager Michelle Hudson remarked, "We've never had anything that old come back to us."12 Based on the library's lending rules from the 1870s—which charged threepence per week in overdue fees—the accumulated charges would total approximately A$28,000 (US$19,500).12 However, the library cannot pursue restitution as the borrowing records from that era have been lost.1
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