I’ve always like the Rizzoli coffeetable books.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91mc8nqoktL.jpg
https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Interiors-Sicily-Richard-Engel/dp/8891820431
That’s what I got my mother!
I didn’t know it was called a coffee table book :-) I just needed something with a lot of pictures and bigger words because she is older now