Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity
Author:   James Raven (University of Cambridge Mansfield College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Palgrave MacMillan
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9786610565511


Publication Date:   01 February 2004
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Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity


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This volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the horrifying pillage and burning in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.

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Author:   James Raven (University of Cambridge Mansfield College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Palgrave MacMillan
Imprint:   Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:  

9786610565511


ISBN 10:   6610565511
Publication Date:   01 February 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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