The judge noted that without the pandemic, their sentences would be significantly more severe. "The stolen items included a 1787 first-edition book signed by Thomas Jefferson, a rare copy of "The Journal of Major George Washington" and a version of Isaac Newton's "Principia," among the most influential books in science, said to be worth $900,000, […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AM on June 22, 2020