Lost Libraries: The Destuction of Great Book Collections since Antiquity
by RAVEN, James (ed.)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1403921199
- ISBN 13
- 9781403921192
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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.
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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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147239
- Title
- Lost Libraries: The Destuction of Great Book Collections since Antiquity
- Author
- RAVEN, James (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1403921199
- ISBN 13
- 9781403921192
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- Gordonsville, Virginia, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Libraries, Censorship, Book burning, Mesopotamia, Royal Hungarian Archive, Tibet, Roosevelt Library, Church of Ireland, French Revolution, Monastic libraries, Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester
- Bookseller catalogs
- Libraries;
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