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The library : an illustrated history

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Summary
Throughout the history of the world, libraries have been constructed, burned, discovered, raided, and cherished--while the treasures they housed evolved from early stone tablets, to beautifully illumined vellum, and to the mass-produced, bound pap... Read more
Contents
The ancient libraries -- European libraries of the Middle Ages -- Asia and Islam -- Europe's high Middle Ages -- Renaissance to Reformation -- People of the book -- War and a golden age -- The library in colonial North America -- The library in th... Read more
Format
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Description
x, 310 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), music ; 27 cm.
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub. 2009

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 027.009 MUR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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