The beginnings of libraries
By: by Ernest Cushing Richardson ...
Publisher: Princeton university press
Published: 1914
Place of publication: Princeton
Subjects: Libraries -- History
Table of contents: title: Introduction.-  The study of beginnings.-  Definition of the library.-  Method.-  Antediluvian libraries.  General - Libraries of the gods.-  Animal and plant libraries?-  Preadamite libraries.-  Adamite and patriarchal libraries before the flood.-  Prehistoric and historic libraries.-  The evolution of record keeping.-  Memory libraries.- Pictorial object libraries.-  Mnemonic object libraries.-  Picture book libraries.-  Ideographic records.-  Types of primitive libraries.- Contents of primitive libraries.-  The administration of primitive libraries.-  The beginnings of library schools.-  The beginnings of library research.-  Bibliography (p. 159-164)