Massimo Listri: The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Trees Setting up a wigwam of

Setting up a wigwam of pea sticks from scratch can be a fiddly

giving much-needed freshness to the garden in late summer and into the autumn

This is rather apt for an old rose from 1786 with unknown origins

is a wonderfully hardy variety with masses of foliage

it is wiped from the face and neck with a warm cloth

Massimo Listri: The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Trees Setting up a wigwam ofIn this weighty tome, Italian photographer Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to reveal their architectural, historical, and imaginative wonder. Through great wooden doors, up spiralling staircases, and along exquisite, shelf lined corridors, he leads us through outstanding private, public, educational, and monastic libraries, dating as far back as 766.