Massimo Listri: The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries
£150.00
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In this weighty tome, Italian photographer Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiralling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf-lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational, and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766.
Dimensions
H: 39.5cm (1ft 3in) x W: 29cm (11in)
Features
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In this weighty tome, Italian photographer Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiralling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf-lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational, and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766.
Insights
With meticulous descriptions accompanying each featured library, we learn not only of the libraries’ astonishing holdings—from which highlights are illustrated—but also of their often lively, turbulent, or controversial pasts. Highlights include The Papal Collections of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Trinity College Library and the holdings of the Laurentian Library in Florence.
Details
- Publisher: Taschen Books
- Hardcover
- Number of pages: 560 pages
- ISBN: 9783836535243
- Colour photographs
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