- Man by fire with visions in his head
- An Odd Volume
A seated man reading a book - Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Lyndhurst - Man reading on stage
Man reading on stage - Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling - Improve your speech by reading
A family sitting around reading - Bookcases in the library of the University of Leiden
Another device for combining desk with shelf is to be seen at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and, as these cases were set up after 1626, we have here a curious instance of a deliberate return to ancient forms. There is evidence that there once existed below the shelf a second desk, which could be drawn in and out as required, so that a reader could stand or sit as he pleased, as you will see from the next illustration. The University of Leiden in Holland adopted a modification of this design, for there the shelf is above the desk, and readers could only stand to use the books