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Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity

James Raven
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Description:This pioneering 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 recent horrifying pillage and burning in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity. To get started finding Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
294
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
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Release
2004
ISBN
1403921199

Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity

James Raven
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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Description: This pioneering 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 recent horrifying pillage and burning in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity. To get started finding Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
294
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2004
ISBN
1403921199

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