Author: Robert Alexander PeddiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museum buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Reading Room Only
Author: Philip CohenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781907869785
Category : Bibliomania
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This memoir moves through Cohen's life in the counterculture, discussing book collecting, the pleasures of browsing and the need for bookshops.
British Museum Reading Room ...
Author: Robert Alexander PeddiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museum buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
British Museum Reading Room ...
Author: Robert Alexander PeddiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museum buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The British Museum Reading Room
Author: Marjorie CaygillPublisher: British Museum Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A souvenir guide to the Reading Room of the British Museum which has recently been restored to its original architectural splendour and was opened to the public in December 2000. The guide also presents a concise illustrated history of the library, and its illustrous readers, during the last 150 years.
Edmund de Waal Library of Exile
Author: Edmund de WaalPublisher:
ISBN: 9780714123479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-provoking work of art. A preface by Booker Prize-nominated author Elif Shafak reflects on the importance of literature and its capacity to transcend language and borders. The introduction from Hartwig Fischer, Director of the British Museum, positions the artwork within the wider context of the Museum's collection, highlighting the dialogue between objects from across time and throughout history and the contemporary. Finally, de Waal concentrates on the work itself, its journey to the British Museum via Venice and Dresden, and its future role in the foundation of the New University Library in Mosul.
Private Case--public Scandal
Author: Peter FryerPublisher: London : Secker & Warburg
ISBN:
Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The "cupboard" books in the British Museum Library.
A List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room of The British Museum
Author: British museumReading Room
Author: British MuseumBritish Museum. New Reading Room, etc.
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Treasures of the British Library
Author: Nicolas BarkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780712304092
Category : Library resources
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.