The vanished library / Luciano Canfora ; translated by Martin Ryle.
The Vanished Library: The Library of Alexandria, one of the wonders of the Ancient World, has haunted Western culture for over 2,000 years. The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt--successors of Alexander the Great--had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof, and the story...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1990.
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| Edition: | California edition (corr. translation). |
| Series: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
7. |
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Main Collection
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Z722.5 .C3513 1990 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |