<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We too have used "wormed"
at NYPL. Some examples:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">NYPL copy imperfect: wormed, with slight
loss of text.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Covers and last portion of text wormed.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Slightly wormed, with minute loss of
text.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">And my favorite:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Extensively censored, by means of pasteovers
(e.g. p. 536, parts of p. 535, 537, 538) and excisions (p. 595-600, 603-662)
and by pasting leaves together (e.g. p. 547-552). Some pasteovers inscribed
with ms. admonitions not to read the prohibited matter; some covered with
type flowers. Wormed, with extensive loss of text, chiefly in the area
of the paste applications.</font>
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