The Library of Alexandria
By: by Kelly Trumble ; illustrated by Robina MacIntyre Marshall.
Contributors: Marshall, Robina MacIntyre, ill.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Alexandrian Library -- Juvenile literature.; Alexandrian Library.
Description: An introduction to the largest and most famous library in the ancient world, discussing its construction in Alexandria, Egypt, its vast collections, rivalry with the Pergamum Library, famous scholars, and destruction by fire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69) and index.
Table of contents: title: A city of learning; title: Collecting books; title: Pergamum; title: Astronomy; title: Geography; title: Mathematics; title: Medicine; title: Decline and destruction; title: The fate of the Library of Alexandria.