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One of the world's oldest libraries with over 1.6 million printed books and 75,000 manuscripts including ancient texts.
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Historic library housing the Book of Kells and the magnificent Long Room with 200,000 of the library's oldest books.
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France's national library housing 14 million books including Gutenberg Bibles, Carolingian manuscripts, and the largest collection of medieval French texts.
View details →Magnificent 65-meter-long library housing 200,000 antique books including the Book of Kells, a 9th-century illuminated manuscript.
View details →One of Europe's oldest libraries containing over 12 million items, including medieval manuscripts, Shakespeare's First Folio, and the Duke Humfrey's medieval reading room.
View details →Two spectacular baroque halls containing over 200,000 volumes, including rare medieval manuscripts and illuminated texts.
View details →Yale's architectural marvel housing one of the world's largest collections of rare books and manuscripts in a translucent marble building.
View details →Baroque State Hall with frescoed ceilings and 200,000 volumes dating from 1501 to 1850 from the Habsburg collection.
View details →Victorian Gothic library housing medieval manuscripts, early printed books, and the St John Fragment papyrus.
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