The library : an illustrated history / Stuart A.P. Murray.
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TextPublication details: Chicago, IL : ALA Editions, 2009Description: x, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9780838909911 (pbk.) :; 0838909914 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Libraries -- HistoryDDC classification: 027.009 Summary: 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.
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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.
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