According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
ADVERSARIA
Etymology
Noun
adversaria pl (plural only)
(pluralonly, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
(pluralonly, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`ver*sa"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.]
Definition: A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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