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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. 10" X 7". xi, 473pp. Gentle bumps, creasing, and rubbing to covers, corners, and edges to unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This book answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics, medicine, architecture and agriculture, through to law, historiography and philosophy - focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the literature of the Roman Empire. It draws attention to habits that these different fields had in common, while also showing how individual texts and authors manipulated standard techniques of self-authorisation in distinctive ways. It stresses the importance of competitive and assertive styles of self-presentation, and also examines some of the pressures that pulled in the opposite direction by looking at authors who chose to acknowledge the limitations of their own knowledge or resisted close identification with narrow versions of expert identity. A final chapter by Sir Geoffrey Lloyd offers a comparative account of scientific authority and expertise in ancient Chinese, Indian and Mesopotamian culture.(Publisher).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In stock ready to dispatch from the UK.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A clean unmarked copy.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Ancient Libraries. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. A firm, square and tight hardback with strong joints, just showing a few very minor hardly noticeable cosmetic wear. Hence a non-text page is stamped 'damaged'. Despite such this book is actually in nearly new condition. Thus the contents are crisp, fresh and clean with no pen-marks. Now offered for sale at a very reasonable price. …

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. . 2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . .

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Condition: New. In English.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. Hardback book in nearly new condition with just a small publisher's 'damaged' stamp to one of the preliminary pages; even so not showing any defects, no splits, no cracks, no pen-marks, just some very minor surface rubbing and moderate shelf wear. Contents are crisp, tight and fresh. Complete with original dustjacket, showing well, sharp and bright. Thus a never read book still in very presentable condition now offered for sale at a sensible price.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 479 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. . 2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated hard covers. Bump to head of spine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked -- apparently unused. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 479 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. New edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Near Fine. Binding curves slightly. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 4th printing. No ownership marks. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: xx, 479pp., many illustrations, 25 x 18 cm. No ownership marks. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.…

Condition: New. This book opens a window onto the book cultures of antiquity, challenging old myths, presenting new research and exploring the implications for ancient science. It examines ancient libraries in the context of cultures of collection and display and reveals t.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative This book answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics, medicine, architecture and agriculture, through to law, historiography and philosophy - focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the literature of the Roman Empire. It draws attention to habits that these different fields had in common, while also showing how individual texts and authors manipulated standard techniques of self-authorisation in distinctive ways. It stresses the importance of competitive and assertive styles of self-presentation, and also examines some of the pressures that pulled in the opposite direction by looking at authors who chose to acknowledge the limitations of their own knowledge or resisted close identification with narrow versions of expert identity. A final chapter by Sir Geoffrey Lloyd offers a comparative account of scientific authority and expertise in ancient Chinese, Indian and Mesopotamian culture. …