The library : an illustrated history /
Murray, Stuart A. P.
The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray. - Chicago, IL : ALA Editions, 2009. - x, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliography (p.305-307) and index.
Traces the elaborate history of the library from its beginnings in the ancient libraries of Babylon and Alexandria to some of the greatest contemporary institutions - the Royal Society of London, the Newberry Library, the Smithsonian, and many others.
9780838909911 (pbk.) : \ 0838909914 (pbk.) : \
Libraries--History.
027.009
The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray. - Chicago, IL : ALA Editions, 2009. - x, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliography (p.305-307) and index.
Traces the elaborate history of the library from its beginnings in the ancient libraries of Babylon and Alexandria to some of the greatest contemporary institutions - the Royal Society of London, the Newberry Library, the Smithsonian, and many others.
9780838909911 (pbk.) : \ 0838909914 (pbk.) : \
Libraries--History.
027.009