Imperial Library

Imperial Library may refer to:

  • Imperial Library of Constantinople
  • Various libraries maintained by imperial households of China
    • Wenjin Chamber
    • Wenyuan Chamber
  • Former name of the National Library of India
  • Imperial Library (Japan), predecessor institution of the National Diet Library
  • Library of Trantor, a fictional galactic repository in the works of Isaac Asimov

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or library:

    “Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare,
    And beauty draws us with a single hair.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the archive of unpublished papers and documents.”
    —Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)