The great libraries : from antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600) / by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos ; preface by Hélène Ahrweiler ; translated by Timothy Cullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staikos, K.

Standardized Title:

Vivliothēkes. English

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Europe--History--To 400.

Libraries.

Libraries--Europe--History--400-1400.

Libraries--Europe--History--1400-1600.

Library architecture--Europe--History--To 1500.

Library architecture.

Library architecture--Europe--History--16th century.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvi, 563 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : The British Library, 2000.

Summary:

This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 3000 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Chapter by chapter the stories of the fabled libraries of Alexandria, Greece, and Rome unfold like an unbroken chain, connecting the wisdom of the ancients to the magnificent libraries of the European Renaissance. Co-published with The British Library. Over 400 illustrations (200 in full color) of magnificent libraries and their treasures

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-539) and index.

ISBN:

1584560185

0712306617

OCLC:

43286419