Libraries Of The World Book

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Libraries of the world book. China shanghai 56 million. Cuneiform tablet created in southern mesopotamia modern day iraq c. And a country comparison function that ranks the country information and data in more than 75 factbook fields.

The world factbook provides information on the history people and society government economy energy geography communications transportation military and transnational issues for 267 world entities. There are only 23 libraries featured in here but i found the selection to be well made though it focuses almost exclusively on the great libraries in europe one in russia and several from the united states. Lawrence sinclair lewis and joseph conrad through its special collections.

Libraries like the stephen a. The library s impressive holdings celebrate significant authors like rudyard kipling d h. United states new york city 55 million.

St augustine of hippo augustini opera the works of st augustine germany 15th century rare books collection state library victoria. A variety of world regional country ocean and time zone maps. Featured libraries include the papal collections of the vatican apostolic library trinity college library home to the book of kells and book of durrow and the holdings of the laurentian library in florence the private library of the powerful house of medici designed by michelangelo.

2050 bce rare books collection state library victoria. 18th century rare books collection state library victoria. The most spectacular libraries in the world previous slide next slide 1 of 16 view all skip ad biblioteca joanina university of coimbra portugal.

The yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library holds the distinction of being the largest building in the world that serves the express purpose of preserving rare books and manuscripts which alone undoubtedly makes it one of the best libraries in the world. New york public library. Gospel book with wooden binding decorated with talismanic figures ethiopia ge ez script c.