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Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Hardcover. Very good +. xiii, 294 p. B&w illustrations. Black cloth. Label on rear. Small dent in bottom front corner. Lost libraries in ancient Mesopotamia, the lost Royal Hungarian Archive, the dispersal of the library of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, the break-up of English libraries in the 16th century, secularization and monastic libraries in Austria, revolutionary seizures in France, Diocesan libraries of the Church of Ireland, lost Jewish libraries, China's Roosevelt Library, china's destruction of the libraries of Tibet, etc.
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- Title Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity
- Author J. Raven (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 294
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-03-12
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
- ISBN 9781403921192 / 1403921199
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 5.38 x 0.85 in (22.66 x 13.67 x 2.16 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003066183
- Dewey Decimal Code 027.009
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