The vanished library
By: Luciano Canfora ; translated by Martin Ryle.
Series: Hellenistic culture and society ;; 7
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Alexandrian Library; Libraries -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 400; Civilization, Classical; Alexandria (Egypt) -- Intellectual life; Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Description: Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-106) and index.
Translation of: La biblioteca scomparsa.