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Libraries in the Ancient World

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Libraries in the Ancient World - Casson, Lionel, Professor
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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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Libraries in the Ancient World 2002, Yale Nota Bene, New Haven, CT

ISBN-13: 9780300097214

Revised edition

Trade paperback

Libraries in the Ancient World 2001, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT

ISBN-13: 9780300088090

Hardcover