I really like it too, it must be a lot of work.

> I'm not really happy with it, from a compositional point of view,
> too many distractions, like the bookcase and the arches,
> but removing those makes the setting dull, so I'm at a loss as
> to what to do to improve it.

Maybe some focal blur, it would show better what to look at and add some 
more realistic looking to the image.
I would also improve a bit the book at first plane, scaling down a bit 
the crakle normal (+ turbulence 0.1) so that it's not so obvious that it 
is the all purpose crackle pattern and add thickness to the cover's 
corners and give them a leather texture.

> best put it away for a while and start something else :-)
Yes, I understand that, it seems that working too much on the same image 
drains out all artistic energy.

JC

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