The great libraries : from antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600) / Konstantinos Sp. Staikos.

Title: 
The great libraries : from antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600) / Konstantinos Sp. Staikos.

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Author/Artist: 
Staikos, K.
Publisher: 
New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2000.
Description: 
xvi, 563 p. : ill.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Libraries Europe History To 400.
Libraries Europe History 400-1400.
Libraries Europe History 1400-1600.
Library architecture Europe History To 1500.
Library architecture Europe History 16th century.
Bib ID: 
64411
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
Z723.S78
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-539) and index.
Book 1 "traces the parallel development of written literature in the various Mediterranean countries with the foundation of royal, public and private libraries." Book II chronicles the foundation and development of a number of libraries, including the Vatican Library, Rome; the Library of the Monastery of St. John, Patmos; the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; and the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
ISBN: 
1584560185