I loved the Library at Innerpeffray, near Crieff, the first lending library in Scotland. This dramatic three minute video illustrates just how remarkable an achievement the library was..
I am having the map of Africa in this amazing atlas, published in 1238 repaired in memory of Barry, in the belief that as a great lover of old books he will then forgive me for parting with the hundreds (if not thousands) of volumes he had stashed in every corner of the house :-)