- Shakespeare!
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto
"The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is a library in the University of Toronto, constituting the largest repository of publicly accessible rare books and manuscripts in Canada. Among the collection's items are the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493), Shakespeare's First Folio (1623), Newton's Principia (1687), and Darwin's proof copy (with annotations) of On the Origin of Species (1859). Other collections include Babylonian cuneiform tablet from Ur (1789 B.C.), 36 Egyptian papyrus manuscript fragments (245 B.C.), and Catholicon (1460).[1]
The library is also home to the university archives which, in addition to institutional records, also contains the papers of many important Canadian literary figures including Margaret Atwood and Robertson Davies. Richard Landon, the director, organizes two or three exhibitions of rare books and other materials annually.
The Robert S. Kenny Collection resides in the library. This immense
collection of books, documents, and other materials pertaining to the
radical and labour movements, particularly in Canada, contains
approximately 25,000 items collected by Robert S. Kenny, who was a
member of the Communist Party of Canada. The Canadian section, which
has 382 books and 768 pamphlets, was acquired by the library from
Kenny in 1977. The international section of the collection was donated
by Kenny in 1993."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fisher_Rare_Book_Library
PS: I've been to Ur (a city in Iraq) before and it was pretty...hmmm...old! I liked it though, even though it was a bit eerie!
He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you [Abraham] out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it." (Genesis 15:7)
(HDRI. U of T. Toronto, ON; fall 2008.)
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Amy_Schmamey [deleted] (45 months ago | reply)
What a cool place!!! awesome picture!
Child of the King Photography (45 months ago | reply)
AWESOME shot!!!! Very well done!!
thaines (45 months ago | reply)
Awesome picture
i love librarys! : P
loswl (45 months ago | reply)
Great shot, largest library I have ever seen :o)
LH_Wong (45 months ago | reply)
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gavinvz (45 months ago | reply)
I would crap myself if I was here.. oh my gosh I love books.
Moonshine1999 [deleted] (44 months ago | reply)
A great image. Your eyes roam around quite naturally.
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daydream42581 (44 months ago | reply)
This is an amazing library. I could spend years in there.
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Cool library and photo!
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Eric Rousset (44 months ago | reply)
Well taken by this angle !!
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A time for refreshing (44 months ago | reply)
bravo! this is a really nice indoor photo! really even better seen with cooliris
thisnameisalreadytaken (42 months ago | reply)
Great photo! If I tried to get an indoor shot like that with S3 it would surely turn out very noisy. I assume you used HDR for this one too?
001FJ (42 months ago | reply)
Thank you all for your comments :) Yes, it is a beautiful place :)
thisnameisalreadytaken, yes, it is an HDR image :)
Wooden_Shoes (41 months ago | reply)
beautiful interior. if they allow you I would go back and set up a tripod for a longer shot and thus more detail. good luck.
001FJ (41 months ago | reply)
This shot was taken using a tripod. I wouldn't dare photograph an indoor scene with my camera being handheld :(
This scene is actually an HDR image! It is composed of at least 3 exposures…but that’s still the best I could get out of my camera.
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