Libraries in the Ancient World
By: Lionel Casson.
Series: Yale Nota bene
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Libraries -- History -- To 400.
Notes: Originally published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings : the ancient Near East; title: The beginnings : Greece  - The library of Alexandria; title: The growth of libraries; title: The beginnings : Rome; title: Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome; title: Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome; title: From roll to codex; title: Toward the Middle Ages.