Lionel Casson

Broschiertes Buch

Libraries in the Ancient World

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Lionel Casson is Professor Emeritus of Classics, New York University, and the author of Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World as well as many other books on ancient maritime history and ancient travel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 126mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780300097214
• ISBN-10: 0300097212
• Artikelnr.: 21996708