• - 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 and the Trinity College Library, home to the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow;
  - 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 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;
  - Tipo de Encadernação: Capa Dura;
  - Número de Páginas: 512.

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