The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders
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The Library- A Catalogue of Wonders is a love letter to libraries not just as mere collections of books, but as magical, fabled places.
Libraries are filled with magic. From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of middle earth, Umberto Eco's mediaeval library labyrinth and libraries dreamed up by John Donne, Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Ruiz Zaf n, Stuart Kells explores the bookish places, real and fictitious, that continue to capture our imaginations.
The Library- A Catalogue of Wonders is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It's a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces by one of Australia's leading bibliophiles.
Author: Stuart Kells
Format: Paperback, 272 pages, 153mm x 234mm
Published: 2017, Text Publishing, Australia
Genre: Popular Culture & Media: General Interest
Description
The Library- A Catalogue of Wonders is a love letter to libraries not just as mere collections of books, but as magical, fabled places.
Libraries are filled with magic. From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of middle earth, Umberto Eco's mediaeval library labyrinth and libraries dreamed up by John Donne, Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Ruiz Zaf n, Stuart Kells explores the bookish places, real and fictitious, that continue to capture our imaginations.
The Library- A Catalogue of Wonders is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It's a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces by one of Australia's leading bibliophiles.
The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders