N.S.Gill, on her weblog
Ancient History, has a brief
review on Lionel Casson's
Libraries in the Ancient World(Paperback: 192 pages;
Publisher: Yale Nota Bene; 2002):
"Lionel Casson's Libraries in the Ancient World is an easy-to-read overall history of ancient libraries, their organization, the development of books, and book copying that makes modern public libraries sound surprisingly similar to the ancient ones." Those who have read other books of L. Casson (e.g.
Travel in the Ancient World, John Hopkins UNiversity Press, 1974/1994), will certainly want to read this one too. Tolle lege!
Update: On the www.amaxon.com you can read sample pages of the book, including its list of contents:
go here!
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