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Author Laubier, Guillaume de.

Title The most beautiful libraries in the world / photographs by Guillaume de Laubier ; text by Jacques Bosser ; foreword by James H. Billington ; translated from the French by Laurel Hirsch.

Imprint New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003.

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Description 247 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 30 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 246).
Summary 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 baroque splendor of the Institut de France in Paris; the Renaissance treasure-trove of the Riccardiana Library in Florence; the majestic Royal Monastery in El Escorial, Spain; the hallowed halls of Oxford's Bodleian Library; and the New York Public Library, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece. Also included are the smaller abbey and monastic libraries - often overlooked on tourist itineraries - each containing its own equally important collections of religious and philosophical writings, manuscripts, and church history. Through color photography one can marvel at the grandeur of the great public libraries while relishing the rare glimpses inside scholars-only private archives.
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.
Subject Library buildings.
Library architecture.
Libraries.
Library buildings -- Pictorial works.
Library architecture -- Pictorial works.
Libraries -- Pictorial works.
Library decoration -- Pictorial works.
Library decoration (OCoLC)fst00997707
Libraries. (OCoLC)fst00997341
Library architecture. (OCoLC)fst00997633
Library buildings. (OCoLC)fst00997647
Bibliotheekgebouwen.
Bibliotheekinrichting.
Genre/Form Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Illustrated works.
Added Author Bosser, Jacques.
Hirsch, Laurel, trl.
Added Title Bibliothèques du monde. English
ISBN 0810946343
9780810946347
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