Lost Libraries

The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity

This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss.

• Format
• 256 pages, Hardcover
• First published
• June 12, 2004
• Publishers
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects
• History of specific subjects·Storage·Maintenance·Preservation of collections·Libraries·History·Language Arts·Disciplines·Reference·World·General·Language·Libraries and state·Books·Reading·Library·Information Science·Lite
• Language
• English