num_pages: 288
description: Libraries are filled with magic. From the Bodleian the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of middle earth Umberto Ecos mediaeval library labyrinth and libraries dreamed up by John Donne Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Ruiz Zafn 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. Its a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces by one of Australias leading bibliophiles.
language: English
title: The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders
publisher: Text Publishing