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Public libraries. A treatise on their design, construction and fittings, with a chapter on the principles of planning, and a summary of the law

Champneys, Amian Lister · 1907 · London, B. T. Batsford · 31 pictures

Public libraries by Amian Lister Champneys, published in London by B. T. Batsford in 1907, is an architectural treatise for librarians, architects and local authorities planning public library buildings. The pictures are plain line plans of ground and basement floors, a front elevation of an indicator and book rack, and a small first floor plan, showing room layouts, reading rooms, stacks and furniture arrangements a designer could borrow for compact interior schemes.

Library architecture · Library fittings and supplies

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