Libraries in the ancient world
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Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelibrariesancient00cass
- ISBN-100300097212
- ISBN-139780300097214
- Goodreads570892
- LibraryThing28590
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780300097214
- Open LibraryOL19851889M
Classifications
- DDC027.093
- LCCZ722.C37 2002
- LCCZ722 .C37X 2002
Description
This important 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 ancient Near East, through the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries. from the cover
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