Lost Libraries: The Destruction of Great Book Collections Since Antiquity por Raven, J. [Editor]

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.

Springer, 2004-03-12. hardcover. Used: Good.

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches.

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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan. New. 2004. Hardcover. 1403921199 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- -- IMPORTANT: Interior text is clean, tight, and Unmarked -- 294pp -- Pages are intact and tight to the spine - Description: "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 in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq. " Table of… Ler mais