The world's most beautiful libraries : Die schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt = Les plus belles biblio...
The world's most beautiful libraries : Die schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt = Les plus belles biblio...
The world's most beautiful libraries : Die schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt = Les plus belles bibliotheques du monde / Massimo Listri ; text by Georg Ruppelt & Elisabeth Sladek ; English translation: Karen Williams ; French translation: Aude Fondard.
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Publisher
Köln : Taschen, [2018]
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GF 2021/0011
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Language
English
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Physical content
558 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 41 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Memory of the world -- Gedächtnis der Welt -- Mémoire du monde -- Southern Europe. Italy ; Spain ; Portugal -- Western & northern Europe. Ireland ; England ; France ; The Netherlands ; Sweden -- Central Europe. Germany ; Switzerland ; Austria ; Czech Republic -- The Americas. United States ; Mexic...
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Köln : Taschen, [2018]
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to a camel bookmobile on the Kenyan-Somali border, human beings have had a long, enraptured relationship with libraries. Like no other concept and like no other space, the collection of knowledge, learning, and imagination offers a sense of infinite possibility. It's the unrivaled realm of discovery, wher...
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Full title
The world's most beautiful libraries : Die schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt = Les plus belles bibliotheques du monde / Massimo Listri ; text by Georg Ruppelt & Elisabeth Sladek ; English translation: Karen Williams ; French translation: Aude Fondard.
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Schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt
Plus belles bibliotheques du monde
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Includes bibliographical references (page 556).
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Parallel texts in English, German, and French. Translated from the German.
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©2018
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GF 2021/0011
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74VKaR6OJKDA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaR6OJKDA
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ISBN
9783836535243
DDC
727.8
MMS ID
991024390612302626
