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Pages: 501
Authors: Jason König
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and
Libraries in the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 191
Authors: Lionel Casson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.
Inside Roman Libraries
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: George W. Houston
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Inside Roman Libraries: Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity
Books on Fire
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Lucien X. Polastron
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-13 - Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON

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Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for
Libraries before Alexandria
Language: en
Pages: 492
Authors: Kim Ryholt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The creation of the Library of Alexandria is widely regarded as one of the great achievements in the history of humankind - a giant endeavour to amass all known