The Library of Trinity College Dublin Pocket Photo Book, Harry Cory WrightIntroduction by Helen ShentonPublisher: Thames & HudsonThe Old Library building, home to the world-famous Book of Kells and the Long Room was built between the years 1712 and 1732.

Situated on the first floor of the Old Library, the Long Room is the longest, single-room library in Europe at 65 meters and contains over 200,000 of some of the oldest books in the library’s possession in handsome, dark, oak bookcases. Frequently described as ‘the most beautiful room in Ireland’, and often called the ‘most magnificent library in the world’, the famous barrel-vaulted oak ceiling dates from 1858 and reinforces the cathedral-like quality of the Long Room.

Conjure up an extraordinarily vivid sense of place and relive your experience with this new pocket photography album of one of the most impressive libraries and architectural spaces in the world.

This exquisite album of photographs allows us to experience Trinity’s Long Room as if for the first time, revealing the monumentality of the space, the finely wrought details of its architecture, and some of the secrets that lie between the leather-bound covers of its rare book collection.

Dimensions 170 x 120mm