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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D.1600)

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This is definetely one of the most stunning books about books, that
have been published in recent times. First, the sheer size seems
enormous, but what really counts is the insides. The book is devided
into two parts, the first tracing the history of libraries, the second
describing some of europes most exciting libraries.
The text is easy to read, and never becomes academically, but always
well told and interesting.

The production of the book derserves a few words. As told before
this is a big and heavy book. One could actually wish, that the book had
been split into two smaller volumes, since its hard to sit and read with
a volume this gigantic. With that said, it should be noted that everything
else about this book is topnotch; the paper, the binding and the illustrations
(nearly one on every page).
This book deserves to be on every booklovers shelf.

This is definetely one of the most stunning books about books, that
have been published in recent times. First, the sheer size seems
enormous, but what really counts is the insides. The book is devided
into two parts, the first tracing the history of libraries, the second describing
some of europes most exciting libraries.
The text is easy to read, and never becomes academically, but always well
told and interesting.

The production of the book derserves a few words. As told before this is a big
and heavy book. One could actually wish, that the book had been split into two
smaller volumes, since its hard to sit and read with a volume this gigantic.
With that said, it should be noted that everything else about this book is topnotch;
the paper, the binding and the illustrations(nearly one on every page).
This book deserves to be on every booklovers shelf.

The Great Libraries From Antiquity To The Renaissance is a 600 page work of impressive historical scholarship that traces the development of the library from its beginnings as repositories of clay tablets in ancient empires of Sumaria and Assyro-Babylonian, to the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece and Rome, to the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance, to the phenomena of the free public libraries throughout the modern western world. Enhanced with 200 full color illustrations and 200 black & white illustrations, The Great Libraries From Antiquity To The Renaissance is an impressive work of enduring scholarship. The Great Libraries From Antiquity To The Renaissance is an especially appropriate recommendation as an academic or community library Memorial Fund acquisition selection .