What’s the most amazing library you’ve been to? Taschen’s 2018 publication Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries is positively brimming with awe-inspiring reading spots from around the world, including the gloriously decorated Klosterbibliothek Metten, part of a Benedictine monastery located in Lower Bavaria. Filled with exquisite large-scale imagery by Massimo Listri, showcasing spaces both ornate and humble, the book highlights “the thing all libraries share,” writes Charlotte Jansen in an archive feature for Elephant. Namely, “that meditative mood for quiet reflection, thinking and contemplation.” Click here to see more.
