brassmanticore:Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena, ItalyThe Malatesta Library is the oldest library i
brassmanticore:Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena, Italy The Malatesta Library is the oldest library in the Western world to retain its original fittings and collection; it takes its name from a local tyrant, Malatesta Novello, who paid for it and oversaw its building between 1447 and 1452. The position of each book is fixed; the reader goes to the book rather than the book being brought by or to the reader. The Telegraph -- source link