Ranke Library
... that when Syracuse University outbid the Prussian government to purchase the Ranke Library in 1887, The New York Times called the collection "probably the rarest historical one ever owned by any one"?
... that when <a href="./Syracuse_University" id="mwBHs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> outbid the <a href="./Prussia" id="mwBHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> government to purchase the <b id="mwBH0"><a href="./Ranke_Library" id="mwBH4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ranke Library">Ranke Library</a></b> in 1887, <i id="mwBH8"><a href="./The_New_York_Times" id="mwBIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> called the collection "probably the rarest historical one ever owned by any one"?