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  Libraries in the Ancient World (Yale Nota Bene) (Paperback) By (author) Lionel Casson

  

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  Short Description for Libraries in the Ancient WorldThe 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.
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  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Published: 15 August 2002
  • Format: Paperback 192 pages
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  • Categories: Library & Information Sciences | Library & Information Services | General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • ISBN 13: 9780300097214 ISBN 10: 0300097212
  • Sales rank: 153,177

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• This work tells the story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a tour from the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, through the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries. He explains what books were acquired and how, who read them, how they were organized, and more.