Libraries in the ancient world
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Author
Publication
2001 - Yale University Press, New Haven, USA, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
44,250 words, Guess
Page Count
177 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelibrariesinancie0000cass
- Internet Archivelibrariesinancie0000cass_v7m5
- ISBN-100300088094
- ISBN-139780300088090
- LibraryThing28590
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number00011668
- OCLC Control Number45123204
- Better World Books9780300088090
- Open LibraryOL6777323M
Classifications
- DDC027/.03
- LCCZ722 .C37 2001
- LCCZ722.C37 2001
Description
"This book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Renowned classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a lively tour, from the royal libraries of the most ancient Near East, through the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries. To the founders of the first public libraries of the Greek world goes the credit for creating the prototype of today's library buildings and the science of organizing books in them."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
It was in Egypt and Mesopotamia, lands abundantly watered by great rivers, that civilization arose.
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