The Most Beautiful Libraries of the World

The Most Beautiful Libraries of the World

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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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Product details

  • Hardback | 248 pages
  • 290 x 290 x 26mm | 2,159.09g
  • Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • London, United Kingdom
  • English
  • 190 colour illustrations
  • 0500511551
  • 9780500511558
  • 185,319

Table of contents

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.

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