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Treasures
from the Worlds Great Libraries:
The National Library of Australias Centenary Exhibition
REPRINT
NOW AVAILABLE
This
book tells the story of the Librarys 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.
ISBN
0 642 10739 4
pb, 240 x 220 mm, colour illus.
RRP
Australia $A34.95
RRP Overseas $A31.78
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