Libraries in the ancient world /
Casson, Lionel, 1914-2009.
Libraries in the ancient world / Lionel Casson. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001. - xii, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.
9780300088090
00011668
Libraries--History--To 400.
027.03
Libraries in the ancient world / Lionel Casson. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001. - xii, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.
9780300088090
00011668
Libraries--History--To 400.
027.03