Lost libraries
Subtitle: the destruction of great book collections since antiquity
By: edited by James Raven.
Contributors: Raven, James, 1959-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamsphire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- History -- Case studies.; Libraries -- History -- Case studies.; Libraries and state -- History -- Case studies.; Libraries and society -- History -- Case studies.; Censorship -- History -- Case studies.; Cultural property -- History -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: This volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.