Laubier, Guillaume de. <br/><br/>
The Most Beautiful Libraries of the World / 
[text by] Jacques Bosser ; photographs by Guillaume de Laubier. 
 - London :  Thames & Hudson,  2003. 
 - 248 p. :  ill. ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography. 
<br/><br/>Austria: National Library in Vienna; Benedictine Library in Admont. Great Britain: John Ryland's Library in Manchester; Trinity College Library in Cambridge. Italy: Vatican Library in Rome. Germany: Anna-Amalia Library in Weimar; Metten Library; Wiblingen-Ulm Library. Ireland: Trinity College Library in Dublin. Switzerland: Library of Saint-Gall Abbey. Czech Republic: Clementinium Library in Prague. Portugal: National Library in Mafra. Spain: Royal Library in El Escorial. France: the Institute Library; the Mazarine Library; the Senate Library; the Chantilly Chateau Library. USA: Atheneum Library in Boston. Russia: Seltikov Library in St Petersburg. Egypt: the Alexandria Library. 
<br/><br/> All libraries in the world - whether they are small or large, public or private - serve the same purpose: to preserve, cherish and show off riches that have often been neglected. From El Escorial in Spain to the Congress in Washington, from Trinity College, Cambridge to the Abbey of Saint-Gall, this volume reveals an exceptional heritage: nearly 20 shrines to culture, entirely devoted to the presentation of knowledge, stacked with writings and shrouded in silence. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0500511551 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Library architecture--Pictorial works.<br/>Library architecture.<br/>Library buildings--Pictorial works.<br/>Library buildings.<br/>Libraries--Pictorial works.<br/>Libraries.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z679  / .L37 2003