Treasures from the World's Great Libraries

by National Library of Australia

This book tells the story of the Library's centenary exhibition of treasures from great libraries of the world, including the British Library, the Library of Congress, the Bibliotheque Nationale, and the National Libraries of China and Japan. Highlights include a Gutenberg Bible, a Caxton Chaucer, a Dead Sea Scroll, an Albert Einstein manuscript, a Mozart score, and some extraordinary illuminated manuscripts.

The book contains full-colour illustrations of many of the items in the exhibition and a commentary on each of them and their significance to the record of human civilisation, with information on the institutions lending the items.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Art

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2001

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really well written and succinct. I learnt a lot from this!

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lasting memory of a fabulous collection.
This book is an overview of the collection of literature that travelled the world in 2001?
An incredible opportunity to see the dead sea scrolls, the Gutenburg bible and countless other priceless pieces.
The book in no way compares to the collection, but it does give a better history of each of the pieces and a gorgeous reminder of what can be saved.

[John Stanton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the exhibition catalogue to probably the best exhibition I have ever seen