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This beautiful and vast volume is a fitting tribute to the libraries of the Mediterranean and Western Europe from 3000 BC to AD 1600. Divided into two books, the first presents the motives that prompted people to collect and then establish and maintain buildings specifically designed to house texts. Staikos also traces the influence of intellectual trends and historical events on the development of libraries and the factors that affected the architecture and internal fittings of libraries. The chapters include discussions of Aristotle, Ptolemy, Cicero, Hadrian, Cosimo de'Medici, Johannes Cuno amongst many others and encompasses Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hellenistic Greece, the Roman Empire, Early Christian libraries, Byzantium and the Renaissance. The huge range of themes and comparisons includes: popular reading, the arrangement of libraries, catalogues, scribes, public and private collections, the book trade, education, Byzantine humanism, Carolingian and Anglo-Saxon scholarshp, the first universities and the impact of the printing press. The Great Library of Alexandria, Pergamon and the collections of the Roman emperors are amongst the ancient libraries discussed. The second book presents fourteen specific monastic and humanist libraries and their creators, including the Library of the Monastery of St John of Patmos, the Vatican Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The first book is richly illustrated with black and white illustrations of texts, writers, readers and building reconstructions. The second book contains beautiful large colour photographs of the fourteen libraries along with their most stunning manuscripts.
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From 3000 BCE to AD 1600, the subject matter branches in three directions: the motives prompting the establishment of libraries, the development of libraries affected by intellectual trends and historical circumstances, and finally, the factors influencing the spread of libraries as well as their design, layout, and furnishings. The book does not a
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GREAT LIBRARIES: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE.|THE
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hardcover, dust jacket. 9.5 x 13 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 600 pages. First edition in English, second impression. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 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. Using over 400 illustrations [130 in full color] the reader is treated to hundreds of beautifully photographed interiors of these legendary libraries and their rare treasures. 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. The author also shares with us the very personal stories of the founders and the un-sung librarians, who struggled during wars and countless disasters to preserve and protect their precious holdings. The chapters on the contributions of the Byzantine and Greek monastic libraries, the foundation of the Western Renaissance, are especially revealing. Mr. Staikos' original scholarship and well-written prose makes a very readable work of surprising originality. He has created a literary masterpiece that captures the rich heritage of one of man's greatest achievements. This is a very special, large-format volume no bibliophile will want to be without. Co-published with The British Library. Seller Inventory # 58026
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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library with hinge repair, with mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # 4119
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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail. Seller Inventory # OTV.1584560185.G
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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 563pp.illustrated endpapers. Red cloth, Embossed gilt lettering on the front panel and spine. Light toning to the extremities, otherwise a near fine, unmarked copy. 100's of color and black and white illustrations throughout. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright, two small closed tears on the spine edges. "This beautiful and vast volume is a fitting tribute to the libraries of the Mediterranean and Western Europe from 3000 BC to AD 1600. Divided into two books, the first presents the motives that prompted people to collect and then establish and maintain buildings specifically designed to house texts. Staikos also traces the influence of intellectual trends and historical events on the development of libraries and the factors that affected the architecture and internal fittings of libraries. The chapters include discussions of Aristotle, Ptolemy, Cicero, Hadrian, Cosimo de'Medici, Johannes Cuno amongst many others and encompasses Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hellenistic Greece, the Roman Empire, Early Christian libraries, Byzantium and the Renaissance. The huge range of themes and comparisons includes: popular reading, the arrangement of libraries, catalogues, scribes, public and private collections, the book trade, education, Byzantine humanism, Carolingian and Anglo-Saxon scholarshp, the first universities and the impact of the printing press. The second book presents fourteen specific monastic and humanist libraries and their creators, including the Library of the Monastery of St John of Patmos, the Vatican Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Size: 9 1/2" x 13". Book. Seller Inventory # 035719
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Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (English)
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Seller Inventory # 1447685
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The Great Libraries From Antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Paper discoloring slightly around the edges, otherwise text clean and tight; NOTE: additional postage may be necessary for international shipping; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 563 pages. Seller Inventory # 239822
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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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Hard cover. English ed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 563 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0018454
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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 BC to AD 1600)
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Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, illustrated flyleaves, gold and color illustrated dust jacket with gold and black lettering, xvi, 563 pp., color illustrations. "The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 BC to AD 1600). This is a study of the development of books and libraries, chiefly in the Mediterranean region, from the time when people first started collecting works of literature. It is divided into two parts. Book I traces the parallel development of written literature in the various Mediterranean countyies with the foundation of royal, public and private libraries. Extensive coverage is given to the first private and public libraries in ancient Greece and Rome and the factors that led to their formation. There are sections dealing with the type of script in use, the content of books and the way library architecture evolved in line with the political and cultural conditions prevailing in the Sumerian, Assyro-Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek (from the Pre-Socratic period to the end of the ancient Greek era) and Roman civilizations. The Middle Ages are covered in two long chapters, one on Byzantium and the other on the Western world. The Italian Renaissance is studied from the supranational viewpoint that engendered the Renaissance spirit, the central theme of this section being the revolutionary effects of the invention of printing on the dissemination of books and the foundation of libraries." - dust jacket description. VG/VG- (book and dust jacket both show minimal shelf wear at edges, all pages clear and intact). Seller Inventory # 182652
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The Great Libraries: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
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hardcover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # Shelfdream1584560185