Libraries in the ancient world

Casson, Lionel

Libraries in the ancient world electronic resource Lionel Casson. - New Haven Yale University Press c2001 - xii, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.


Libraries - History - To 400

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