
Libraries in the Ancient World
by Lionel Casson
Title:
Libraries in the Ancient World
Author:
Lionel Casson
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192 pages, 30 b-w illus.
Publisher:
Yale University Press
ISBN-13:
9780300097214
EAN:
9780300097214
Publication Date:
11/08/2002
Classifications:
Library and information sciences / Museology
Weight (g):
336
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 128 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.










