Lost Libraries: The Destuction of Great Book Collections since Antiquity

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Lost Libraries: The Destuction of Great Book Collections since Antiquity

RAVEN, James (ed.)

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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.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Edition: n/a
  • Date Published: 2004
  • Place Published: n/a
  • ISBN: 1403921199

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  • Condition: Very good +
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    xiii, 294 p. B&w illustrations. Black cloth. Label on rear. Small dent in bottom front corner.

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