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The Vanished Library : A Wonder of the Ancient World
by Canfora, Luciano
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520072553
- ISBN 13
- 9780520072558
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1990 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 1st US Edition. Series: Hellenistic Culture & Society Vol. 7). "The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt...had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof.... But what was the library, and where was it? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. Luciano Canfora ...recreates the world of Egypt and the Greeks in brief chapters--Anecdotes, conversations, and reconstructions[based] on historical and literary sources in this elegant piece of historical detective work. Originally published as "La biblioteca scomparsa. Palermo."1987.Translated into English by Martin Ryle. ix, 205p, illus index..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039161
- Title
- The Vanished Library : A Wonder of the Ancient World
- Author
- Canfora, Luciano
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520072553
- ISBN 13
- 9780520072558
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley CA
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- ALEXANDRIA EGYPT ANCIENT LIBRARY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Alexandria; Libraries;
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