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Thursday 31 July 2014
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Saturday 26 July 2014
BOOKSTORES IN ITALY
artecontemporanea_com
Milano, Italy
A+Mbookstore has been founded in 1993. We are specializing in contemporary art: books, catalogues, magazines, artists' books.
Libreria Bacbuc
Open book store
Roma, Italy
The goal of the bookstore Bacbuc-Studio bibliografico Coisson is to offer interesting volumes, rare, depleted, ancient and modern manuscripts, fine bindings. With some preference (economics, social sciences, archaeology, gastronomy) fruit of studies or passions. But without preconceptions of argument or value.
Libreria Dal Formichiere
Open book store
Foligno, Italy
LA NOSTRA FILOSOFIA
Proverò a riassumere la storia di oltre tre decenni di attività lavorativa nel modo più chiaro e breve possibile. Il filo conduttore di tutta la storia è l'affetto o, per altri il vizio, per il libro. Sono un piccolo operatore economico che ha individuato nel libro lo strumento della propria sopravvivenza economica ed esistenziale.
Proverò a riassumere la storia di oltre tre decenni di attività lavorativa nel modo più chiaro e breve possibile. Il filo conduttore di tutta la storia è l'affetto o, per altri il vizio, per il libro. Sono un piccolo operatore economico che ha individuato nel libro lo strumento della propria sopravvivenza economica ed esistenziale.
Specializing in: Architettura Arte
Libreria Editrice Chiari
Open book store
Firenze, Italy
We have been in business for 40 years. Specialist in Literature, Philosophy, History, Art, Architecture. Out of print Italian editions and rare books. Our bookshop is located in the center of Florence, near Piazza Santa Croce. Shop open from Monday to Saturday 9.30 -1.00 a.m. and 3.30-7.30 p.m.
Libreria Marco Polo
Open book store
Venezia, Italy
Libreria Marco Polo offre una selezione di libri nuovi, usati e da collezione in Italiano, Inglese, Francese e Tedesco ed e' specializzata in prime edizioni e paperback da collezione di letteratura anni '60 - '80. Libreria Marco Polo offers a selection of new, used, and collectible books new, used and collectible books in Italian, English, French and German. We are specialized in first editions and collectible paperbacks of literature (1960 - 1980).
Libreria Moretti
Open book store
Firenze, Italy
Old, antique and out of print books: literature, essays, art. Old vinyl records and music books.
Libreria Segni nel Tempo
Open book store
Venezia, Italy
Libreria specializzata nella vendita di libri antichi rari e fuori commercio. Antiques out of prints and rare books. Membro ufficiale di IOBA. IOBA official member.
Specializing in: Antique Books Art Books Italian Litterature Italian Local History Books Limited Editions Books Old Books Out Of Print Books Travel Books
Libri antichi e rari Francesco e Claudia
Arezzo, Italy
We are located in Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy). Our family has been collecting old and rare books for over a decade. We have decided to sell a part of our collection, and we are ready to offer incunables, manuscripts and volumes dated back to the 1500�s. All our descriptions are endowed with a broad bibliography.
libridelpassato
santa maria a vico, Italy
We hope you will contact us for any of your book needs: restoration and repair of books and manuscripts; bibliographical information and up-to-date retail and auction prices; informal valuations to formal appraisals of single items or entire collections; auction purchases worldwide (including eBay); and of course, purchases for and sales of your own collections. We guarantee every transaction unconditionally and, as members in good standing of the major association of antiquarian booksellers, we subscribe to the code of ethics endorsed by reputable antiquarian booksellers worldwide.
Specializing in: First Edition
Libro Co. Italia
San Casciano V.P., Italy
Libro Co. Italia is a Company specialising in the research and sale of books on art and architecture in ltaly and abroad. With more than 800,000 specialised book titles available on our database including rare books, bank publications, art and architecture publications, exhibition catalogues, archaeological, photographic and cinema titles.
naturama
PALERMO, Italy
Used, out-of-print, rare and antiquarian books on marine biology, shells,
paleontology, sea life, ornithology, botany, entomology and general
natural history
We are ready to buy your accumulations or duplicates
paleontology, sea life, ornithology, botany, entomology and general
natural history
We are ready to buy your accumulations or duplicates
Studio Bibliografico Michelotti
Open book store
Massa e Cozzile, Italy
Antiquarian and second-hands books; antique prints & maps
Friday 25 July 2014
15 Spectacular Libraries in Europe
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We've posted photos of gorgeous libraries before, but we just can’t get enough of these stunning book repositories. For those of you who share this opinion, here are fifteen of the most beautiful libraries throughout Europe, in no particular order.
Trinity College Library, Ireland
Aside from being absolutely gorgeous, with two story dark wooden arches, this is also the largest library in all of Ireland. It serves as the country’s copyright library, where a copy of all new books and periodicals must be sent when they apply for copyright protection. The library is also home to the famous Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript created by Celtic monks around the year 800.
Image courtesy of Irish Welcome Tours' Flickr stream.
Bristol Central Library, England
This library, completed in 1906, is fascinating for its unique combination of architectural styles. The front exterior was designed in Tudor Revival and Modern Movement styles in order to allow it to harmonize with the next door Abbey Gatehouse. It was built on a slope, and the front of the building is only three stories tall. But thanks to the two basement levels built into the hill, the back of the building has five stories, and features a much more plain design than that of the front. Inside, the design is mostly Classical, featuring ample arches, marble flooring and a stunning turquoise glass mosaic at the entrance hall.
Image courtesy of Steve Cadman's Flickr stream.
Codrington Library, England
The Codrington Library of Oxford University was completed in 1751 and has been used by scholars ever since. In the late 1990s, the building underwent a massive renovation in order to provide better protection for the books and to make the library more user friendly with better wiring and some new electronic work stations.
Images courtesy of Miguel Bernas' and Beth Hoffman's Flickr streams.
Bibliothe?que Nationale de France, France
The National Library of France has expanded greatly since new buildings were added to house the collection in 1988. Even so, the old buildings on the Rue de Richelieu are still in use, and are utterly gorgeous as well. These buildings were completed in 1868, and by 1896 the library was the largest book repository in the world, although that record has since been taken from it.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia user Zubro.
The Library of El Escorial, Spain
This library is located in Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the historical residence of the king of Spain. Phillip II was responsible for adding the library and most of the books originally held within. The vaulted ceilings were painted with gorgeous frescoes, each representing one of the seven liberal arts: rhetoric, dialectic, music, grammar, arithmetic, geometry and astronomy. These days, the library is a World Heritage Site, and it holds more than 40,000 volumes.
Image courtesy of Jose Maria Cuellar's Flickr stream.
Biblioteca Geral, University of Coimbra, Portugal
The General Library of the University of Coimbra consists of two buildings, the New Building built in 1962, and the Joanina Library built in 1725. The Joanina Library is adorned with Baroque décor and houses the library’s volumes that date from before 1800.
Images courtesy of Taco Ekkel's and Mick L's Flickr streams.
Handelingenkamer, Netherlands
The library of the Dutch Parliament contains every record of parliamentary hearings and discussions. Because it was built before electric lighting made the storage of books a lot safer, the building was constructed with a massive leaded glass dome in the ceiling to allow in light and minimize the need for candles and gas lamps inside the library.
Image courtesy of Jackie Kever's Flickr stream.
Delft University of Technology Library, Netherlands
While modern architecture can often be fascinating and unique, it rarely stands up to more classical designs in terms of beauty. The Delft University of Technology library is a rare exception. With a massive skylight in the ceiling that becomes a steel cone after escaping the confines of the library and an eco-friendly grass-covered roof, the library is both stunning and totally modern.
Images courtesy of Robert Lochner's and Thomas Guignard's Flickr streams.
Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
This lovely library is not only the oldest in Switzerland, but one of the oldest and most important monastery libraries in the world, holding over 160,000 volumes, many of which date back as far as the 8th century. The Rococo-styled library is often considered one of the most perfect libraries in the world and has earned the Abbey a place as a World Heritage Site.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia user Stibiwiki.
Admont Abbey Library, Austria
Built in 1776, the Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastery library in the world. The ceiling is adorned with frescoes depicting the stages of human knowledge up until the Divine Revelation. The entire design reflects the ideals and values of the Enlightenment.
Melk Monastery Library, Austria
The Baroque-styled abbey and the library within were completed in 1736 based on designs by Jakob Prandtauer. The library includes a world-famous collection of musical manuscripts and features stunning frescoes by artist Paul Troger.
Austrian National Library, Austria
Austria’s largest library is located in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna and houses over 7.4 million items in its collections. The library was completed in 1723 and features sculptures by Lorenzo Mattielli and Peter Strudel and frescoes by Daniel Gran.
Images courtesy of Craig Elliot's and Jessica Curtin's Flickr streams.
Wiblingen Monastery Library, Germany
This library, completed in 1744, was modeled in the Baroque style after the Austrian National Library, but it is by no means just a cheap imitation of the original, and it certainly stands on its own. Just outside the library there is an inscription reading “In quo omnes thesauri sapientiae et scientiae,” which translates to “In which are stored all treasures of knowledge and science.”
Image courtesy of volzotan's Flickr stream.
Strahov Monastery Library, Czech Republic
This impressive library collection contains over 200,000 volumes, including just about every important title printed in central Europe by the end of the 18th century. While it started being built up over 860 years ago, both the collection and the building housing the books repeatedly fell victim to fires, plundering and war. In fact, the current building was not erected until 1679, and a second hall was added near the end of the 18th century. The collection continued to be dispersed during periods of Nazism and communist rule, although the library has since managed to recover most of the titles lost during the last century.
As if the gorgeous décor and impressive book collection weren’t impressive enough on their own, the library also has a favorite feature of many geeks –- two secret passageways hidden by bookshelves and opened with fake books.
Images courtesy of Claudia Dias' and James Whitesmith's Flickr streams.
Clementinum National Library, Czech Republic
The series of buildings that make up this National Library owe their inception to an 11th century chapel dedicated to Saint Clement (hence the name), although the buildings you see now were not constructed until much later, when a Jesuit college was built on the location. The Jesuits transferred a number of books to the new college in 1622. The National Library itself was founded in 1781, constructed in a Baroque style, and has served as a copyright library since 1782.
The collection now includes historical examples of Czech literature, special materials relating to Tycho Brahe, and a unique collection of Mozart’s personal effects. In 2005, UNESCO awarded the library their Memory of the World prize.
Image courtesy of Bruno Delzant's Flickr stream.
Have any of you visited any of these stunning libraries? Do you guys have any tips for potential tourists hoping to visit? For those that haven’t been to these locations, what is your favorite library?
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