The library : a catalogue of wonders
Record details
- ISBN: 1640090207
- ISBN: 9781640090200
- ISBN: 1640090207 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781640090200 : HRD
- ISBN: 1640090207
- ISBN: 9781640090200
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Physical Description:
xvi, 269 pages ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | A library with no books -- The last days of Alexandria -- In pursuit of perfection -- The rise of the codex -- "A damned sewerful of men" -- Free for all -- "What the barbarians did not do" -- Secret histories -- Keepers of books -- The quintessence of debauchery -- Execration upon Vulcan -- The Count -- "The interior of a library should whisper" -- For the glory -- Killing a monk -- A love letter. |
Summary, etc.: | "Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others. Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries, scientific libraries, memorial libraries, personal libraries, clandestine libraries: Stuart Kells tells the stories of their creators, their prizes, their secrets and their fate. To research this book, Kells traveled around the world with his young family like modern day 'Library Tourists.' Kells discovered that all the world's libraries are connected in beautiful and complex ways, that in the history of libraries, fascinating patterns are created and repeated over centuries. More importantly, he learned that stories about libraries are stories about people, containing every possible human drama. The Library is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It's a celebration of books as objects, a celebration of the anthropology and physicality of books and bookish space, and an account of the human side of these hallowed spaces by a leading and passionate bibliophile." -- |
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Subject: | Libraries History Libraries Special collections Libraries Social aspects Libraries Appreciation Books and reading |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 027.009 KELLS, S. (Text) | 32544072499667 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | 027.009 KELLS (Text) | 36937002152545 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 027.009 KELLS (Text) | 34000081312027 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | 027.009 KEL (Text) | 34047140407322 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Milford Public Library | 027.009 K (Text) | 34013150203852 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
New Milford Public Library | 027.009 KEL (Text) | 34021129890261 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Norfolk Library | 027.009 KEL (Text) | 36058010255384 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | 027.009 KEL (Text) | 34010142096931 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Seymour Public Library | 027.009 KELIS (Text) | 34043146295399 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Willimantic Public Library | 027.009 K (Text) | 34036127063976 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |