Summary
Even though we are surrounded by books today, few people in this country enjoy the luxury of a library at home.
Yet in the 18th century, and for a while in the 19th, it was normal to allow for the provision of several hundred fine volumes when furnishing a villa.See the full content of this document
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Not Left On the Shelf
Today visitors are welcomed to stately homes across the land, where, if there isn't a library holding row upon row of spines from flo...
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