117. General view of the Library of the Escorial, looking north _To face_ 269 118. Bookcases in the Library of the Escorial on an enlarged scale 268 119. Elevation of a bookcase, and section of a desk, in the Library of the Escorial 270 120. Ground-plan of the Ambrosian Library at Milan 271 121. Interior of the Ambrosian Library at Milan. From a photograph taken in 1899 _To face_ 271 122. Bookcases, in the Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris. From a photograph by Dujardin, 1898 _To face_ 273 123. Elevation of a bookcase and section of a desk in the Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris 274 124. A portion of the bookcases set up in the eastern wing of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, built 1610-1612. From Loggan's _Oxonia Illustrata_, 1675 275 125. Entrance to Wren's Library at Lincoln Cathedral, with part of the bookcase which lines the north wall _To face_ 277 126. Part of Wren's elevation of the east side of the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, with a section of the north range of Nevile's Court, shewing the door to the Library from the first floor 278 127. Elevation of one bay on the east side of the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, drawn to scale from the existing building 279 128. Interior of the north-east corner of the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, shewing the bookcases, table, desk and stools, as designed by Sir Christopher Wren 281 129. Ground-plan of Library and adjacent parts of S. Paul's Cathedral, London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren 283 130. Sir Christopher Wren's Library at S. Paul's Cathedral, London, looking north-east _To face_ 282 131. Bookcase in the north room of the University Library, Cambridge, designed by James Essex, 1731-1734 286 132. Interior of the Library of the Jesuits at Rheims, now the _Lingerie de l'Hopital General_ _To face_ 287 133. Ground-plan of the Library of the Jesuits at Rheims 288 134. Simon, Abbat of S. Albans (1167-1183), seated at his book-chest. From MSS. Cotton 293 135. Two men in a library. From a MS. of _Les cas des malheureux nobles hommes et femmes_ in the British Museum 295 136. A Carmelite in his study. From a MS. of Le Miroir Historial in the British Museum _To face_ 296