Lost Libraries : The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity
2004 ed.
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1403921199
ISBN-13
9781403921192
Edition
2004 ed.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 12th, 2004
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
496 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 14.90 x 2.40 cms
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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.
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 of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
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