Ancient libraries

"The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. But books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a funda...

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Other Authors: Kèonig, Jason (Editor), Oikonomopoulou, Aikaterini 1977- (Editor), Woolf, Greg (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013.
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