Combining two Aperture 3 libraries in 10.3 Photos

I converted an Aperture 3 library to 10.3 Photos and uploaded to iCloud. I'd now like to import and merge a second library. The only advice I can find online is to combine libraries in Aperture before putting them in Photos. This can't be right. But if it is, how do I get back to square one, so I can even do this?
Thanks.

OK I think I see the confusion.
The section. Creating Vaults, is discussing the strategy for backing up one library.
Before you can back up your files, you must create a vault and assign a hard disk to it. After you assign a disk to the vault, Aperture uses the vault to back up the entire library. You can create additional vaults and assign hard disks to them, and each additional vault also records a complete backup of the library.
(emphasis added)
So Apple is telling you here that you can have multiple vaults for a single library, something you may want to do to be extra safe as one backup is never enough especially with something as irreplaceable as digital images.
Then below is your excerpt
Important: To ensure preservation of your image assets, make sure to assign a separate external hard disk drive to each vault.
which is really addressing the issue of multiple vaults for a single library. What this is saying is if you make multiple vaults for a library having all those vaults on one disk is not going to really buy you anything.
To get the extra protection multiple vaults of a single library will give you each vault needs to be on a separate disk. Or else if the disk with all the vaults for this library goes then all the vaults are gone.
Hope this clears up the confusion.
regards

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