Ancient Libraries
- ISBN-10
- 1107012562
- ISBN-13
- 9781107012561
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 479
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-04-25
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Jason König, Greg Woolf, Katerina Oikonomopoulou
Description
The libraries of the ancient world were completely unlike those we know today. This book explores and explains those differences.
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