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Mon 08 Aug 2009A collection of visual delights
BOOK OF THE DAY: SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKreviews The National Library of Ireland; Edited by Matthew Taylor London, Scala, 96pp, €15
This is a book of visual delights. From the word go we are entranced by the beautiful cover which brings together a view of the reading room in Kildare Street, an illustration for children’s author-illustrator PJ Lynch’s East O’ the Sun, West O’ the Moon, and a page from a 15th century work on the virginity of Mary – all three images, hued with azure and turquoise tones, are pleasing to the eye and subtly unite otherwise diverse items.
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