30 Amazing Libraries and Bookshelves On 27/02/201327/02/2013 By fcmalbyIn Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale, Bodleian, Bookshelves, Bookshops, Lello and Irmeo, Libraria Acqua Alta, Libraries, Library of Congress, Literature, Liyuan Library, New York Public Library, Rijksmuseum Research Library, Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Shakespeare and Co. Paris 1. The McAllen Public Library Source: mcallen.smugmug.com 2. The Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice: Source: pixmule.com 3. This cozy reading nook: Source: dosedeilusao.wordpress.com 4. This person’s amazing home library: Source: enochliew 5. Shakespeare and Company in Paris: Source: urbanfragment.wordpress.com 6. House on the Rock in Wisconsin: Source: thefabweb.com 7. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale: Source: nedhardy.com 8. The reading room at the New York Public Library: Source: imgur.com 9. The Royal Portuguese Reading Room: Source: all-that-is-interesting.com 10. This former theater turned bookstore in Buenos Aires: Source: imgday.com 11. Leakey’s Second Hand Bookshop in Scotland: Source: facebook.com 12. This library in The Netherlands: Source: bustler.net 13. This person’s bathtub: Source: literaryninja.wordpress.com 14. This house: Source: press.aandres.com 15. The Liyuan Library near Beijing: Source: nedhardy.com 16. The Rijksmuseum Research Library in Amsterdam: Source: stylezeitgeist.com 17. This library in France: Source: all-thats-interesting 18. The Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University: Source: westga.edu 19. More from the Bodleian Library: Source: blogs.iesabroad.org 20. The Oxford Union Library: Source: www 21. The Biltmore House Library in North Carolina: Source: foundwalls.com 22. The Long Room at Trinity College: Source: reddit.com 23. International Library of Children’s Literature in Japan: Source: www 24. Professor Richard A. Macksey’s personal library: Source: rising.jhu.edu 25. The Hearst Castle Library: Source: stuckincustoms 26. The University of Coimbra General Library: Source: skyscrapercity.com 27. This living room: Source: desertship.wordpress.com 28. The Public Library of Cincinnati: Source: cincinnatilibrary.org 29. The Lello & Irmao Bookstore in Portugal: Source: genuardis.net 30. The Library of Congress: Reblogged from Buzzfeed.com Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestTumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading...
This is an amazing list! I shall add many of these to literary travel itineraries I’m creating. Thank you so much! 04/03/2013 at 06:18 Reply
I know! I think I’ll be looking at these on the days when I want to escape somewhere and read. Beautiful in so many ways, aren’t they? 27/02/2013 at 19:20 Reply
This is an amazing list! I shall add many of these to literary travel itineraries I’m creating. Thank you so much!
They are beautiful places. Glad you have found them.
I want to live in all of them.
I know! I think I’ll be looking at these on the days when I want to escape somewhere and read. Beautiful in so many ways, aren’t they?