Massimo Listri. The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries. 45th Ed.

An immersive volume that showcases the finest reading-rooms from around the globe. * Harper’s Bazaar *Prepare to be transported to heaven on earth. * BBC *Listri’s meticulous attention to minutiae and details is exquisite. One can practically smell the dust on these ancient books. * Artology *

Elisabeth Sladek studied Art History in Vienna, Classical Archaeology and Judaic Studies and wrote her dissertation at the Max Planck Institute in Rome. Her special field is the history of the Baroque art and architecture and she is an active researcher and teacher, among others in Vienna, Rome and Zurich. She also publishes regularly on the respective themes.

After studying history, German language and literature, education and philosophy, Georg Ruppelt gained his PhD with a doctoral thesis on Friedrich Schiller. He subsequently worked as a librarian, becoming deputy director of the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel in 1987, and director of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover from 2002 to 2016. Ruppelt has published over 400 essays and 40 monographs on the subject of books, library science, and cultural history.