National library
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A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they inclu
The Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris
The National Library of Brazil is the largest library in Latin America.
The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC
The Lindisfarne Gospels is but one of the treasures collected by Sir Robert Cotton.
British Library
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The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of over 200 million items from multipl
The British Library from the piazza
The British Library branch at Boston Spa (on Thorp Arch Trading Estate), West Yorkshire
Entrance hall with tapestry
The British Library with St Pancras railway station behind it