#canton library

Kantonsbibliothek Baselland, Liestal (Switzerland)

The “Kantonsbibliothek Baselland” – state library of the canton of Basel-Country (which is not the city of Basel, but a canton in its own right) – uses the official emblem of it’s canton. However, in this stamp the emblem isn’t the center, but seems to be surrounded by the margin. This margin looks like a ring, that encloses the emblem itself. The name of the library seems more important than the…

“Of Canton’s public buildings, the most notable is Canton Library, on Library Street corner, a richly decorated seat of learning from 1906, one of more than 2,500 public libraries in the world funded by Scottish-American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919).”

erfahren wir von Dic Mortimer aus seinem sehr empfehlenswerten Buch Cardiff. The Biography (Stroud: Amberley, 2014, S. 123), das erwartungsgemäß auch in der Canton Library verfügbar ist. Und wie der Zufall es wollte, sind wir unlängst an diesem eindrucksvoll Bauwerk vorbeiflaniert. Und ja, wir waren beeindruckt.