Ancient Libraries - 9781316628843

This book opens a window onto the book cultures of antiquity, challenging old myths, presenting new research and exploring the implications for ancient science. It examines ancient libraries in the context of cultures of collection and display and reveals their complex relationship with private collections of books.

• | : Jason Koenig (University of St Andrews, Scotland), Katerina Oikonomopoulou (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin), Greg Woolf (University of St Andrews, Scotland) (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 29, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 500 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1316628841
• | ISBN-13: 9781316628843