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The History of the Library in Western Civilization

The History of the Library in Western Civilization

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Publisher's Synopsis

The first grand volume of a projected five addressing the role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture focuses on the early archive libraries from Crete to the famous library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria 1,800 years of the struggle to preserve knowledge through the written word. Staikos, a scholar of library history, is a

Book information

ISBN: 9781584561149
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Imprint: Oak Knoll Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st English Edition
DEWEY: 027.04
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 349 p.
Weight: 1927g
Height: 292mm
Width: 222mm
Spine width: 31mm