Patience and Fortitude

By Nicholas A. Basbanes

Subjects: Libraries, Libraries, history, Books, history, Boeken, Books and reading, history, Books and reading, Book collecting, Boekwezen, History, Books

Description: In "Patience and Fortitude," Nicholas Basbanes takes us through his discoveries of some of the greatest libraries of the world--from Alexandria to Glastonbury--and then on to the Vatican,Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities.