The Most Beautiful Libraries of the World / [text by] Jacques Bosser ; photographs by Guillaume de Laubier.
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TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2003.Description: 248 p. : ill. ; 30 cmISBN: - 0500511551
- Bibliothèques du monde. English
- Z679 .L37 2003
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| References | Library Ground Floor | Z679 .L37 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 7105 |
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.
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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