The most beautiful libraries in the world
Here, for the first time, architectural photographer Guillaume de Laubier takes the reader on a privileged tour of twenty-three of the world's most historic libraries, representing twelve countries and ranging from the great national monuments to scholarly, religious, and private libraries: the baro...
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Harry N. Abrams,
2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Vienna, Austria, National Library of Austria
- Admont, Austria, The Benedictine Abbey Library of Admont
- Ulm, Germany, The Monastic Library at Wiblingen
- Metten, Germany, The Benedictine Abbey Library of Metten
- Wiemar, Germany, The Herzogin Anna Amalia Library
- Rome, Italy, The Vatican Library
- Florence, Italy, Riccardiana Library
- Paris, France, The Mazarine Library
- Paris, France, The Institute Library
- France, Paris, The Senate Library
- Chantilly, France, The Cabinet des Livres of the Duc d'Aumale
- Saint Gall, Switzerland, The Abbey Library of Saint Gall
- Oxford, England, Bodleian Library
- Cambridge, England, Wren Library, Trinity College
- Manchester, England, The John Rylands Library
- Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College Library
- Prague, The Czech Republic, The National Library
- San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain, The Library of the Royal Monastery of El Escorial
- Mafra, Portugal, The National Palace Library in Mafra
- Boston, United States of America, Boston Athenaeum
- Washington, D.C., United States of America, The Library of Congress
- New York, United States of America, The New York Public Library
- Saint Petersburg, Russia, National Library of Russia.
