MASSIMO LISTRI: MOST BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES (TASCHEN 40TH)

Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries in the world to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiralling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf-lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766. We learn not only of the libraries’ holdings - from which highlights are illustrated - but also of their often lively and sometimes turbulent pasts. New in the Taschen 40th Anniversary series.