TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laubier,Guillaume de
AU  - Bosser,Jacques
TI  - The Most Beautiful Libraries of the World
SN  - 0500511551
AV  - Z679 .L37 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London
PB  - Thames & Hudson
KW  - Library architecture
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Library buildings
KW  - Libraries
N1  - Includes bibliography; 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
N2  - 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
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