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The British Library: A Treasure House of Knowledge
Philip Howard
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Paperback, 111 pages; 2008
$24.95
 Members' Price: $21.21
A sort of literary mecca, the British Library in London houses one of the world's greatest book and document collections. In this gorgeous volume, you can experience and savor some of the jewels of its thirty-century-spanning holdings via exquisite, full-color reproductions of illuminated religious texts, ancient maps, handwritten letters and manuscripts, rare first-edition publications, and more. Highlights include the Buddhist Diamond Sutra (868), the Magna Carta (1215), an autographed manuscript of Jane Austen's Persuasion (1816), and Paul McCartney's hand-notated lyrics to "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963). Author Philip Howard engagingly explicates the provenance and significance of each featured piece. A grandly illustrated tour through the global history of letters, The British Library is a fitting tribute to an incredible collection.
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