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The most beautiful libraries in the world
Title:
The most beautiful libraries in the world
ISBN:
9780810946347
Publication Information:
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
Physical Description:
247 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
General Note:
First published in France as Bibliotheques du monde.
Contents:
National Library of Austria, Vienna -- The Benedictine Abbey Library of Admont, Austria -- The Herzogin Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany -- The Benedictine Abbey Library of Metten, Germany -- The Monastic Library at Wiblingen, Ulm, Germany -- The Vatican Library, Rome -- Riccardian Library, Florence -- The Institute Library, Paris -- The Mazarine Library, Paris -- The Senate Library, Paris -- The Cabinet des livres of the Duc d'Aumale, Chantilly, France -- The Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Switzerland -- The John Rylands Library, Manchester, England -- Bodleian Library, Oxford, England -- Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, England -- Trinity College Library, Dublin -- The Library of the Mafra National Palace, Portugal -- National Library, Prague -- The Library of the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain -- The Athenaeum, Boston -- The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. -- The New York Public Library -- National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg -- Bibliography.
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