Books are the most important medium for communication because they can be preserved for centuries. Thus, one book can be preserved for centuries. serves many thousands of people. But, to a designer, books have much more than just the content; just as we have our own anatomy and personality, books have their own anatomy, identity, and personality. Some old and rare books have an interesting appearance because of their size, shape, layouts, typography, and illustrations. This study has been quite exotic and fascinating. done at the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, which is one of the oldest libraries in our country with a fine collection of many old and rare books.

The Asiatic Society of Bombay was born as the Literary Society of Bombay in 1804, at a meeting in the government house of the day (currently the Haffkine Institute). Its first president was James Macintosh. On November 26, 1830, the society moved into its current location, the Town Hall Rooms, an imposing landmark in Bombay. The first Indian to be admitted was Manekji Cursetji in 1830.

The library has about 7,50,000 books as it has been receiving copies of books printed in Maharashtra since 1867 and is also the depositary of Indian books since 1954 in all 14 Indian languages from publishers all over India. This library has a fine collection of rare, beautiful, and contemporary books, documents, and manuscripts in many foreign and Indian languages.

Over the years, the technology and design approach have changed. Though printing on paper and reproduction quality have improved over the years, the old books inspire a designer to be flexible in his approach because some were quite ornamental and some were fully handwritten, giving a spontaneous layout. Others have elegant and high-quality illustrations with interesting margins and layouts. In some books, the first letter of a chapter is very large and highly ornamental, which is making a comeback, and some have interesting dimensions.