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Description:Excerpt from Handbook of the Boston Public Library Entrance Hall. This hall is Roman in design. The vaulted ceiling with its arches is supported by heavy pillars of Iowa sandstone. The ceiling is of mosaic with trellises on the vault, while in the penetrations and pendentives of the domes, which are on either side, are inscribed the names of eminent Bostonians. The floor, of Georgia marble, is inlaid in brass with the signs of the Zodiac, and the names of benefactors of the Library. Ground Floor. To the Left of the Staircase are the Coat Room; Elevator; and Entrance to the Courtyard and the Catalogue and Ordering Departments. To the Right are the Public Stenographer's Room, the Newspaper and the Periodical Rooms and the Entrance to the Courtyard. Across the Courtyard are the Public Toilet Rooms, Bound Newspaper and Patent Rooms, and the Statistical Department. The Newspaper Room is supported in part by the William C. Todd fund of $50, 000, and contains three hundred and ten current newspapers from all parts of the world. The Periodical Room contains about fourteen hundred current periodicals and also bound files of periodicals. The Courtyard, open to the sky, with a basin and fountain set in a grass plot, is surrounded by granite and grayish yellow brick walls. On three sides is a vaulted arcade suggestive of the Palazzo Cancellaria in Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handbook of the Boston Public Library (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Handbook of the Boston Public Library (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Handbook of the Boston Public Library Entrance Hall. This hall is Roman in design. The vaulted ceiling with its arches is supported by heavy pillars of Iowa sandstone. The ceiling is of mosaic with trellises on the vault, while in the penetrations and pendentives of the domes, which are on either side, are inscribed the names of eminent Bostonians. The floor, of Georgia marble, is inlaid in brass with the signs of the Zodiac, and the names of benefactors of the Library. Ground Floor. To the Left of the Staircase are the Coat Room; Elevator; and Entrance to the Courtyard and the Catalogue and Ordering Departments. To the Right are the Public Stenographer's Room, the Newspaper and the Periodical Rooms and the Entrance to the Courtyard. Across the Courtyard are the Public Toilet Rooms, Bound Newspaper and Patent Rooms, and the Statistical Department. The Newspaper Room is supported in part by the William C. Todd fund of $50, 000, and contains three hundred and ten current newspapers from all parts of the world. The Periodical Room contains about fourteen hundred current periodicals and also bound files of periodicals. The Courtyard, open to the sky, with a basin and fountain set in a grass plot, is surrounded by granite and grayish yellow brick walls. On three sides is a vaulted arcade suggestive of the Palazzo Cancellaria in Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handbook of the Boston Public Library (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Handbook of the Boston Public Library (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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