Photographic Journey Through the World's Most Beautiful Libraries Hardcover Book

Description: Photographic Journey Through the World's Most Beautiful Libraries Hardcover BookBrand New In Box | Peace of Mind | 100% Customer Satisfaction30 Day Returns Available (Re-Stocking Fee May Apply) **IMPORTANT NOTICE PLEASE READ** Please advise that the shipping times for this item is less than what is advertised on the listing. The listing shows estimated delivery times between one to two weeks from the time of the order being placed. The delivery time for this item is actually less than one week. We process ALL orders within two business days. If you have any questions at all please message us and we will be happy to assist you further. Thank you for your business! From the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York, 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 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, with its horde of archival Inquisition documents.At once a bibliophile beauty pageant, an ode to knowledge, and an evocation of the particular magic of print, Massimo Listri. The World's Most Beautiful Libraries is above all a cultural-historical pilgrimage to the heart of our halls of learning, to the stories they tell, as much as those they gather in printed matter along polished shelves.Massimo Listri. the World's Most Beautiful Libraries (Hardcover) Shipping & HandlingWe offer FAST Standard Shipping to the lower 48 states and ship within 3-5 business days after payment is cleared, usually sooner. We do not accept P.O. Boxes. Please provide a physical address. Due to high shipping fees, we add a surcharge to the States of CT, DC, MA, MD, MS, and TN. Return PolicyWe hope you love what you purchased, but if something isn?t right, let us know, please. We want you to be completely satisfied with your purchase from us. We offer a 30-Day Return Policy on items in which you are not completely satisfied with. Items must be in new, unused condition, and is in the same packaging when received. Please contact us for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) and a return shipping address. We advise you to use a reputable shipping carrier service when returning your goods. Please pack all returns appropriately. ALL original contents MUST be present when returned. Customer SatisfactionIf you have any problem with your purchase please contact us first! We strive to make every customer experience positive and we will work with you until you are completely satisfied. Our team members here take pride in ensuring that all of our customers are completely satisfied with their orders made through us. Your satisfaction is very important to us! If you have any problems at all with your order, please contact us and we will do our very best to make it right so you are completely satisfied with your order. As long as you are happy with your purchase, please leave positive feedback for us. We would greatly appreciate it! PaymentWe accept Credit Cards, Debit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal only. Immediate Payment is required! THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS!!

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