Research Catalog

Title

On these walls : inscriptions & quotations in the Library of Congress / text by John Y. Cole ; photographs by Carol M. Highsmith.

Author

Cole, John Young, 1940-

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress in association with Scala Publishers, London, 2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-

Description

128 p. : chiefly col. ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

Aimed primarily at visitors to the Library of Congress, this is the first book to list the inscriptions and quotations in all three Library buildings; it also includes brief descriptions of major paintings and works of sculpture, along with an abbreviated history of each building.--From publisher description.

Alternative Title

• Inscriptions and quotations in the Library of Congress
• On these walls : inscriptions and quotations in the Library of Congress

Subjects

• Ouvrages illustrés
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works
• illustrated books
• Library architecture > Washington (D.C.)
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• National libraries > Washington (D.C.)
• Architectural inscriptions > Washington (D.C.)
• Library decoration > Washington (D.C.)
• Library of Congress Pictorial works
• Library of Congress Buildings

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- A brief history of the library of congress -- The Thomas Jefferson building -- The John Adams building -- The James Madison building -- Biographical dictionary of the artists -- Building floor plans

ISBN

• 9781857595451 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1857595459 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780844412009 (alk. paper)
• 0844412007 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007051744

OCLC

187300202

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library