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                                     Bookshelves of Life (Series 1)

1. Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic 

2. St. Florian’s library, Saint Florian Monastery,Sankt Florian Austria

3. Austrian National Library, Vienna Austria

4. Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, México

5. Chatsworth House, England 

6. Library, Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Austria

7. The Library of Chantilly, Chateau de Chantilly,France

8. Melk Library,Melk Abbey, Austria

9. Library at Château du Lude, Loire Valley France

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The Oberlausitzische Library Of Science, Gorlitz, Germany

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Our journalists got a chance to visit the Stiftungsbibliothek Waldsassen, in Bavaria recently. They started building it in 1433, and now it is all about carved figures, painted ceilings, and books dating back nearly a thousand years.

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Bookshop in Ely looking out window to Ely Cathedral.

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More books in the home!

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The Old Town Bookshop, Edinburgh

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Augustinian Library of Novacella, Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy

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“Her soul belongs to words and books. Every time she reads, she is home.”

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Near Saint Paul’s Church,  Books for Old and Young, ca. 1913.

Rights: Washington County Free Library

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Barter Books, Alnwick, England

photo via staszek

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Mafra library at Mafra National Palace, Portugal Sintra Magic Taylor Moore Photography