Bromley House Library is a subscription library in Nottingham.
The 'Standfast Library' in Bromley House Library, has a meridian line used to determine local solar noon.
A view of the main room. The spiral staircase is unusual in that it has no central supporting column.
A subscription library is a library that is financed by private funds either from membership fees or endowments. Unlike a public library, access is often restricted to members, but access rights can also be given to non-members, such as students.
Biblioteka Załuskich, built in Warsaw in the mid-18th century
The British Museum was established in 1751 and had a library containing over 50,000 books.
Circulating library and stationery shop, Gulgong, Australia, 1870
Atwater Library of the Mechanics Institute of Montreal