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Books and reading.
Libraries -- History.
Libraries -- Appreciation.
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The library : a cata...
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The library : a catalogue of wonders / Stuart Kells.
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Kells, Stuart author.
Subjects
Books and reading.
Libraries
--
History
.
Libraries
--
Appreciation.
Publisher Info:
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
©2017
Edition:
First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Description:
xvi, 269 pages ; 24 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
1640090207
9781640090200
Contents:
Infinity
--
A library with no books: oral traditions and the songlines
--
The pleasure of books
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The last days of Alexandria: ancient books and their storage
--
Books in bed
--
In pursuit of perfection: the rise of the codex
--
Fools in love
--
"A damned sewerful of men": Renaissance rediscoveries
--
Mean-spirited collectors
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Free for all: the abundance of books in the printing era
--
Curiosities
--
"What the Barbarians did not do": the Vatican Library
--
Delicacies
--
Secret histories: tricks and treasures in library design
--
Found
--
Keepers of books: the best and worst librarians in
history
--
Vandals
--
The quintessence of debauchery: Heber, Byron, and Barry
--
Writers'
libraries
--
Execration upon Vulcan:
libraries
destroyed by fire and war
--
Library fauna
--
The Count: book looters and thieves
--
Book wheels and machines
--
"The interior of a library should whisper": The Pierpont Morgan Library
--
When disaster strikes
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For the glory: The Folger Shakespeare Library
--
Birth
--
Killing a monk: fantasy
libraries
--
Death
--
A love letter:
libraries
for the future
--
Afterlife.
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Summary:
From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled
libraries
of Middle Earth and other fictional
libraries
, Kells explores the bookish places that capture our imaginations. The result is a fascinating and engaging exploration of
libraries
as places of beauty and wonder, a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces.
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