This work chronicles the development of the library from 3000 BC to 1600 AD. Beginning with the clay tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, the history of these great depositories of human knowledge is examined, together with that of the scholars and librarians who struggled to increase and preserve their precious holdings. The scope of the book is threefold: to analyze the motives that prompted the people of the Mediterranean and the West to ...
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This work chronicles the development of the library from 3000 BC to 1600 AD. Beginning with the clay tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, the history of these great depositories of human knowledge is examined, together with that of the scholars and librarians who struggled to increase and preserve their precious holdings. The scope of the book is threefold: to analyze the motives that prompted the people of the Mediterranean and the West to create a room or building in which books were kept; to outline the development of libraries, and the ways in which their evolution was affected by intellectual and historical circumstances; and thirdly to examine the factors that influenced not only the spread of libraries throughout the civilised world, but also their design, layout and overall architectural style.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by British Library/Oak Knoll Press, 1996. Folio. Red cloth boards stamped in gold with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear and tear on front top right corner. A fine copy of this history of the development of books and libraries, primarily in the Mediterranean. 563 pages. ISBN: 9781584560180. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1584560185. Paper discoloring slightly around the edges, otherwise text clean and tight; NOTE: additional postage may be necessary for international shipping; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 563 pages.
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VG/VG-(book and dust jacket both show minimal shelf wear at edges, all pages clear and intact) Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, illustrated flyleaves, gold and color illustrated dust jacket with gold and black lettering, xvi, 563 pp., color illustrations. "The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 BC to AD 1600). This is a study of the development of books and libraries, chiefly in the Mediterranean region, from the time when people first started collecting works of literature. It is divided into two parts. Book I traces the parallel development of written literature in the various Mediterranean countyies with the foundation of royal, public and private libraries. Extensive coverage is given to the first private and public libraries in ancient Greece and Rome and the factors that led to their formation. There are sections dealing with the type of script in use, the content of books and the way library architecture evolved in line with the political and cultural conditions prevailing in the Sumerian, Assyro-Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek (from the Pre-Socratic period to the end of the ancient Greek era) and Roman civilizations. The Middle Ages are covered in two long chapters, one on Byzantium and the other on the Western world. The Italian Renaissance is studied from the supranational viewpoint that engendered the Renaissance spirit, the central theme of this section being the revolutionary effects of the invention of printing on the dissemination of books and the foundation of libraries."-dust jacket description.
