On Books

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Les premiers visiteurs de Shakespeare and co.

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Harrow School, Start Of A New School Year In England

Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone (via)

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"When I have come to town the police have tried to show me that their shackles could hold me, and have failed; the booksellers have tried to sell me many books, and have succeeded."

Houdini the bibliophile

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Woman staying up late reading thanks to her new reading lamp. ‘A New Reading-Lamp.’ Cassell’s Magazine, 1882.

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.” ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

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Montereggio, Italy.

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Salisbury Cathedral Library

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These Syrians are risking death every day to build a library

Syrians in the rebel-held town of Darayya have lived under siege from Assad's forces for three years. But some students are trying to create a place of peace among the rubble

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Ersnt Jünger (1895-1998)

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L'amateur de livres. Gravure sur bois d'après Tony Johannot pour illustrer l'ouvrage de Curmer paru en 1841: Les français peints par eux-même (via).

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Hermann Hesse

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Perfection is a bookstore with cats in it. These adorable felines live at David Mason Books in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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"Piccolo Libro di Magia", manoscritto in Islanda nel 1640 circa su pelle di animale. National Library, Reykjavík, Islanda (via)

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Roman Vishniac, [Students sharing books in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Brod], ca. 1935–38.

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At the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School, what the books say is not as important as how they were made.