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Libraries in the ancient world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casson, Lionel, 1914-2009
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Libraries > History > To 400.
Table of Contents:
  • The beginnings : the ancient Near East
  • The beginnings : Greece
  • The library of Alexandria
  • The growth of libraries
  • The beginnings : Rome
  • Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome
  • Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome
  • From roll to codex
  • Toward the Middle Ages.