Scenes in a Library

{{Short description|Book by Carol Armstrong}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843–1875

| image = Scenes in a Library.jpg| caption =

| author = Carol Armstrong

| illustrator =

| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = History of photography, 19th century photography

| published = 1998 (MIT Press)

| media_type = Print (Hardback)

| pages = 511

| isbn = 9780262011693

| oclc = 185660666

}}

Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843–1875 is a 1998 book by Carol Armstrong. It is a study of photographically illustrated books from the mid 19th century.

It has been reviewed by The Library Quarterly,{{cite journal |date=April 2000 |title=Reviews: Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843–1875 by Carol Armstrong |author=Philip J. Weimerskirch|jstor=40039752 |journal=The Library Quarterly |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=273–175 |doi=10.1086/630038 }} Victorian Studies,{{cite journal |date=1999 |title=Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843–1875 (review) |author=Jennifer Green-Lewis|journal=Victorian Studies |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=567–569 |doi=10.1353/vic.2000.0061 |s2cid=143990344 }} caa.reviews,{{cite journal |date=July 6, 1999|title=Carol Armstrong Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843–1875|author=Jeff Rosen |url=http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/110#.WN5auOQQbIU |journal=Caa.reviews |access-date=March 31, 2017}} and The Art Bulletin,{{cite journal |date=2003 |title=Book Reviews |author=Oleg Grabar |author2=Michael Cole |author3=Erika Naginski |author4=Liana Vardi |author5=Nancy Locke |author6=Daniel Aaron |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00043079.2003.10787067 |journal=The Art Bulletin |volume=85 |issue=1 |pages=189–209 |access-date=March 31, 2017|doi=10.1080/00043079.2003.10787067 |s2cid=220275347 |url-access=subscription }}