Libraries in the ancient world / Lionel Casson.

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New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2001.

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22734

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Libraries -- History.

Libraries -- History -- To 400.

Contents:

1. The Beginnings: the ancient near east

2. The Beginnings: Greece

3. The Library of Alexandria

4. The Growth of libraries

5. The Beginnings: Rome

6. Libraries of the Roman Empire: the city of Rome

7. Libraries of the Roman Empire: outside the city of Rome

8. From roll to codex

9. Toward the Middle Ages.

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Includes index.

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9780300088090

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xii, 177 p. : maps.