‘Hot Library Smut’
Enjoy Hot Library Smut from the nonist. This isn’t the kind of smut against which Anthony Comstock would have campaigned. It’s for people who drool instead over elegant libraries with p-books—not just e-books alone. Image below is of the Abbey Library of St. Gallen. Thanks to Ravenelle, a gifted artist-photographer who also points to another wonderful Web area, Altered Books.
November 12th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
[...] David Rothman, the purveyor of book porn, put up this link today. Can any true bibliophile not get off looking at these pictures? As an aside, those library ladders are expensive. We were going to install one and it cost over a grand. Ned said I had to be content with a stepstool. [...]
November 12th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
Hubba, hubba, drool. Wonderful pictures. Sure beats the Kama Sutra! <laugh/>
November 13th, 2006 at 1:29 am
The George Peabody Library in Baltimore is a magnificent edifice for tomes. Is it hot? Well, the fireproof iron structure is designed so it does not get too hot and combust. Here is a link to a picture at the A1Architect website. Here is a link for the Friends of Peabody Following the theme of this blog thread one can even obtain a framed print of the library interior at notorious high-brow “smut” peddler Art.com (search for Peabody Library).
November 13th, 2006 at 2:29 am
Wow, I remember the Peabody library well from my grad school days. Great picture.
November 18th, 2006 at 7:17 am
[...] We feel bad about the title of this post. It is well known that we enjoy libraries both large and small. And while any library is a welcoming place for book lovers, there are some libraries that are simply works of art. From the nonist via TeleRead comes a collection of pictures from the book Libraries by Candida Hýýfer. [...]