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a catalogue of wonders
By Stuart Kells
"The library" was published in 2018 - cau, it has 269 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The library” Metadata:
- Title: The library
- Author: Stuart Kells
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 269
- Publish Date: 2018
- Publish Location: cau
“The library” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Books and reading - Libraries - History - Appreciation - Libraries, history - Libraries, special collections - New York Times reviewed - Special collections - Social aspects - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs - HISTORY / Social History - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xvi, 269 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL26951350M - OL19738271W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 1003797025
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2017055409
- ISBN-13: 9781640090200
- ISBN-10: 1640090207
- All ISBNs: 1640090207 - 9781640090200
AI-generated Review of “The library”:
"The library" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Infinity
- 2- A library with no books: oral traditions and the songlines
- 3- The pleasure of books
- 4- The last days of Alexandria: ancient books and their storage
- 5- Books in bed
- 6- In pursuit of perfection: the rise of the codex
- 7- Fools in love
- 8- "A damned sewerful of men": Renaissance rediscoveries
- 9- Mean-spirited collectors
- 10- Free for all: the abundance of books in the printing era
- 11- Curiosities
- 12- "What the Barbarians did not do": the Vatican Library
- 13- Delicacies
- 14- Secret histories: tricks and treasures in library design
- 15- Found
- 16- Keepers of books: the best and worst librarians in history
- 17- Vandals
- 18- The quintessence of debauchery: Heber, Byron, and Barry
- 19- Writers' libraries
- 20- Execration upon Vulcan: libraries destroyed by fire and war
- 21- Library fauna
- 22- The Count: book looters and thieves
- 23- Book wheels and machines
- 24- "The interior of a library should whisper": The Pierpont Morgan Library
- 25- When disaster strikes
- 26- For the glory: The Folger Shakespeare Library
- 27- Birth
- 28- Killing a monk: fantasy libraries
- 29- Death
- 30- A love letter: libraries for the future
- 31- Afterlife.
"The library" Description:
The Open Library:
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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