Download Free Libraries in the Ancient World Online Book
ByLionel Casson
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“To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” –Edmund Burke
Synopsis
Telling the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when |books| were clay tablets, a renowned classicist takes readers on a lively tour from the royal libraries of the ancient Near East to the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries, explaining what books were acquired and how. Illustrations.
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