10 of the world’s most beautiful bookshops

You can’t beat the bookshop experience. Pottering around the quietened aisles taking in all that’s on offer, leafing through the crisp new pages of unexpected finds. Shopping online will never match it.

When the building that houses the books on sale is also part of the experience, well, that takes browsing to a whole new level.  Here are some of the worlds most beautiful bookshops, big, small and quirky.