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Tour The Largest Home Library on Reddit - Complete Loeb Classical Library and More

Timothy Kenny 142,300 3 months ago
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Please use this link to get the bonus resources mentioned at the start of the video: https://timothykenny.com/lp/greg-of-reddit-free-resource-package/ *📝The owner of the library featured in this video, Greg of Reddit, is in the comments section as @ClassicalLibraryGuy** #bookshelftour 📖 Resources: 1. Download a 📦️ 1.4GB file of all the high resolution photos of Greg's library, including 🗺️ labeled map with shelf numbers, and 🖼️ 3D Rendering of whole library 2. Get the Google Spreadsheet of Classical Works 📚️ resources 3. Enter the 🎁 book giveaway 4. Sign up for the live ☎️ Zoom AMA to ask Greg your questions (Spots limited) 5. Get reminders when the next 🎬️ two parts of the bookshelf tour/interview are released Please email 💌 [email protected] if you'd like to give me a tour of your library for a future video. 💡Guide for watching: **please see pinned comment** 🔖Timestamps: **Note: the timestamps for the last 2 hours are in the pinned comment.** Note: The 📕 emoji indicates the starting point of each numbered bookshelf on the map (see link above). 0:00:00 Intro 0:03:33 🗺️ **Numbered Map of Shelves** (Refer Back to This) 0:05:00 My Email - Can I tour your library? 0:05:38 *Beginning of the Tour - Highlights* 0:06:58 *Beginning of the Tour - Shelf to Shelf Tour* 0:07:00📕Start of Shelf 0 0:07:00 The Loeb Classical Library - Complete Set 0:14:40 The Oxford English Dictionary - 2nd Edition 0:16:40 The Harvard Classics (aka the Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf of Books) 0:20:00 The University Forum Series 0:21:04 The Great Books of the Western World (2nd ed, by Britannica) 0:24:38 The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library - Complete Set (Harvard University Press) 0:31:11 The I Tatti Renaissance Library - Complete Set (Harvard University Press) 0:33:54 Commenter's help requested on pronunciation 0:35:40 Walk-Through 3D Orientation 0:39:10 Moveable Step shelf with staff 0:40:15 On using Google Sketchup to Model his Library Architecture (Renderings Shown) 0:47:00 Earthquake-Proofing His Library 0:58:20 Great Books of the Western World - The First and Second Edition Side-by-Side 1:00:58 More on the Oxford English Dictionary (Full Set, plus Comparison to Timothy's Compact One Volume OED Box Set with Magnifying Glass) 1:05:40 Quick Look at the Macropedia and Micropedia (part of the Encyclopedia Britannica 15th ed) 1:06:00 Books he's getting rid of 1:07:20 Painting of man on ladder in library 1:08:05 What is in the center table in the main library room? 1:09:15 I Tatti logo change on spine discussed ___ Start of Dewey Decimal System - Shelf by Shelf Tour ___ 1:10:00 📕Start of Shelf 1 1:10:00 [000-099] Computer Science, Information & General Works 1:13:48 [100-199] Philosophy/Psychology 1:27:10 [200-299] Religion 1:27:30 Different editions of the Bible compared 1:52:00 📕Start of Shelf 2 1:59:50 His wife's influence on the library 2:00:42 How he met his wife 2:02:21 [300-399] Social Sciences 2:02:30 How many (linear) feet is his library? 2:04:37 [400-499] Language 2:20:14 [500-599] Science 2:23:12📕Start of Shelf 3 2:23:22 [600-699] Technology (lots of Photography books) 2:25:55 [700-799] Arts and Recreation 2:31:54 *End of first session, beginning of second session* 2:32:10 The mystery case in the corner of the main room 2:46:44 [800-899] Literature (The biggest section by far) 3:18:10 Chaucer 3:23:32 End of Shelf 3 (Names in Parentheses are the first author on that shelf.) 3:23:59 📕Start of Shelf 4 (Joseph Conrad) 3:28:20 📕Start of Shelf 5 (Stephen R. Donaldson) 3:54:22 📕Start of Shelf 6 (Jordan Robert) (Ends at 4:43:42) 4:44:22 📕Start of Shelf 7 (Voltaire) 4:51:59 Start of Books ABOUT Literature, Lit Theory, Poetry, Verse Anthologies, etc 4:55:22 Start of Anthologies of Short Fiction 5:08:04 Start of Poetry section 5:08:46 How should someone get into poetry? 5:11:15 📕Shelves 8 and 9 - Wide angle shot of I Tatti, Dumbarton, Great Books of the Western World and Harvard Classics along one wall 5:12:47 Brief mention of the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction 5:12:57 Collection of Tarot Card Decks (incd. Universal Waite) 5:15:50 *End of second session, beginning of third session* 5:16:22 (False) Start of Shelf 10 5:20:50 How his tastes are changing, and where he is going to add and subtract to his library 5:22:52 Discussion about using Dewey Decimal vs. Library of Congress systems 5:27:38 Start of Shelf 10 5:28:19 Explanation of why books are organized to go across multiple bookshelves at the same shelf-height instead of top shelf to bottom shelf within a single bookshelf 5:29:50 📕Formal Start of Shelf 10 (Masterplots series), which continues onto 📕 Shelf 11 (for first time at 5:35:45) 6:23:00 [900-999] History/Geography 6:27:28 Durant - The Story of Civilization (Complete Set) 6:32:42 A History of Private Life 7:20:20 *End of third session, beginning of fourth session* 7:20:20 📕Start of Shelf 12 7:31:40 Final Walkthrough Tour *** The rest of the timestamps are in the pinned comment ***

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