Books and readers in ancient Greece and Rome
By: by Frederic G. Kenyon
Publisher: The Clarendon Press
Published: 1932
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Books and reading; Manuscripts (Papyri); Books; Parchment; History
Notes: This book is the outcome of a course of three lectures delivered at King's college, University of London, in March 1932.--Pref.
Table of contents: title: I. The use of books in ancient Greece.; title: II. The Papyrus roll.; title: III. Books and reading at Rome.; title: IV. Vellum and the codex.; title: Appendix.  Illustrative passages from Latin authors.