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Libraries in the Ancient World New edition
Lionel Casson
Libraries in the Ancient World New edition
Lionel Casson
The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries.
192 pages, 30 b/w illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 11, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780300097214 |
Publishers | Yale University Press |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 128 × 197 × 14 mm · 216 g |
Language | English |
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