A massive imperial institution of this type, the Siku Quanshu , was created by Qianlong.
A massive imperial institution of this type, the Siku Quanshu , was created by Qianlong. Celsusfounded one these institutions with a still-extant facade in Ephesus. Local towns were given the taxauthority to create these by an 1850 Act of Parliament. The popularity of the "triple-decker" inBritain is traced to the for-profit chain of them established by Charles Edward Mudie. Callimachuswrote the Pinakes as a (*) guide to one of these institutions established by the Ptolemies that may beenaccidentally destroyed by Caesar. One of these institutions in the U.S. had to be replenished after the Warof 1812 from the personal stock of Thomas Jefferson. For 10 points, name these scholastic institutionswhose historical examples include a "Great" one of Alexandria.
A massive imperial institution of this type, the Siku Quanshu , was created by Qianlong.
Public Lending Libraries [or Public Library or Research Library; prompt on "book store" after "for-profit"; prompt on "treasury" ONLY before "Celsus" since Siku Quanshu is often translated as "Great Treasury," even though it means in the sense of holding treasure (ie knowledge) and was only ever a library]