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Great Libraries
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Author : Anthony Hobson
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1970
Great Libraries written by Anthony Hobson and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Great Libraries
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Author : K. Staikos
language : en
Publisher: New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : The British Library
Release Date : 2000
The Great Libraries written by K. Staikos and has been published by New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : The British Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 3000 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Chapter by chapter the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece, and Rome unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. Co-published with The British Library. Over 400 illustrations (200 in full color) of magnificent libraries and their treasures
Books On Fire
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Author : Lucien X. Polastron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Books On Fire written by Lucien X. Polastron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Censorship categories.
Journeying from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, this book shows how the urge to write, read and collect books has always gone hand in hand with the impulse to destroy them. This investigation also the reveals a new danger facing libraries today: the threat of the digitalization of books.
Famous Libraries Of The World Their History Collections And Administrations
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Author : Margaret Burton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
Famous Libraries Of The World Their History Collections And Administrations written by Margaret Burton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Libraries categories.
The World S Most Beautiful Libraries
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Author : Georg Ruppelt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The World S Most Beautiful Libraries written by Georg Ruppelt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
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, where every faded manuscript or mighty clothbound tome might reveal a provocative new idea, a far-flung fantasy, an ancient belief, a religious conviction, or a whole new way of being in the world. In this new photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiraling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf-lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational, and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766. Between them, these medieval, classical, baroque, rococo, and 19th-century institutions hold some of the most precious records of human thought and deed, inscribed and printed in manuscripts, volumes, papyrus scrolls, and incunabula. In each, Listri's poised images capture the library's unique atmosphere, as much as their most prized holdings and design details. Featured libraries include the papal collections of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Trinity College Library, home to the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow, and the priceless holdings of the Laurentian Library in Florence, the private library of the powerful House of Medici, designed by Michelangelo. 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. Like Altenburg Abbey in Austria, an outpost of imperial Catholicism repeatedly destroyed during the European wars of religion. Or the Franciscan monastery in Lima, Peru, wi
The World From Here
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Author : Cynthia Burlingham
language : en
Publisher: Los Angeles : UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
Release Date : 2001
The World From Here written by Cynthia Burlingham and has been published by Los Angeles : UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Libraries categories.
Essays by Nicholas Barker, Kenneth Breisch, Anthony Grafton Few people are aware of Los Angeles' vast collective resource of rare books, manuscripts, and related objects, housed in Los Angeles-area libraries. Featuring more than three hundred selections from area collections, The World from Here explores this treasure trove of rare books and ephemera. Included are materials ranging from a 1482 atlas of the known world to fiction classics, early botanical and scientific texts, letters, posters, and artists' books. Selections were culled from nearly forty institutions, including the Huntington Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Public Library and the libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California. Essays on libraries in the American West, the history of book collecting in Los Angeles, and library buildings in Los Angeles during the twentieth century make The World from Here an engaging study of this impressive, yet little-known, cultural resource. It catalogues an exhibit at the UCLA Hammer Museum until January 13, 2002.
The World S Great Libraries
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
The World S Great Libraries written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with categories.
Expect More
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Author : R. David Lankes
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-12-28
Expect More written by R. David Lankes and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-28 with Academic libraries categories.
Libraries have existed for millennia, but today many question their necessity. In an ever more digital and connected world do we still need places of books in our towns, colleges, or schools? If libraries aren't about books, what are they about?In Expect More, David Lankes, winner of the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, walks you through what to expect out of your library. Lankes argues that communities need libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar and beyond books. We need to expect more out of our libraries. They should be places of learning and advocates for our communities in terms of learning, privacy, intellectual property, and economic development.Expect More is a rallying call to communities to raise the bar, and their expectations, for great libraries.
The Great Libraries
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Author : Konstantínos Sp Stáikos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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Lost Libraries
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Author : J. Raven
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2004-03-12
Lost Libraries written by J. Raven and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-12 with History categories.
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.