Book cover design for the series: "The Ideal Library" of publishing company Veen, 1914 or earlier. A man in a frock coat pulls a curtain aside and shows two boys the bookcase that lies behind it. On the spine a boy is reading on library steps.

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Size: 4284px × 4914px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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