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Look Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries in a New 560-Page Photo Book by Massimo Listri
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All photographs © Massimo Listri / TASCHEN
Italian photographer Massimo Listri has spent decades traversing the globe to document the spectacular architecture, sculptural elements, and furnishings of historic libraries. His new book, The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries, includes views inside such rarefied locations as the Palafoxiana Library in Pueblo, Mexico and the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, France. Listri also includes descriptions and histories of each library. The 560-page tome is published by TASCHEN and available on Bookshop and the TASCHEN website.
Klosterbibliothek Metten, Metten, Germany
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, France
Biblioteca do Convento de Mafra, Mafra, Portugal
Stiftsbibliothek Admont, Admont, Austria
Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbria, Portugal
Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome, Italy
Strahovská Knihovna, Prague, Czech Republic
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