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A history of the architecture and furnishings of the domestic library, from around 2,400 BCE to the present The Private Library is the domestic bookroom: that quiet, book-wrapt space that guarantees its owner that there is at least one place in the world where it is possible to be happy. The story of its architecture extends back almost to the beginning of history and forward toward a future that is in equal parts amazing and alarming. In this book, Mr. Byers examines with a sardonic eye the historical influences that have shaped the architecture of the private library, and the furnishings,…
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 2021Oak Knoll Press · 540 pages · 9781584563884
Library architectureHistoryPrivate librariesLibrary buildingsDesign and constructionLibrary decorationLibrary fittings and suppliesIntellectual life