books and manuscripts as art objects — the first shelf. where they live, what they are made of, and the door each one leaves open: unlike a painting, a book lets you in.
01 · 架
every one of these is somewhere, and most are open — digitized, page by page, free.
02 · 槌
what the market did with the written word — and what the thieves did. the main ledger keeps the paintings; this page keeps the books.