Libraries in the Ancient World

The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries.

• | Author: Lionel Casson
• | Publisher: Yale University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 11, 2002
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780300097214
• | ISBN-10: 0300097212