The Memory of Mankind

The Memory of Mankind The Story of Libraries Since the Dawn of History

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Publisher's Synopsis

This revised edition of Alfred Hessel's 1950 A history of libraries takes bibliography into the information age. The b&w-illustrated history also goes back in time some 5,000 years before the original to reflect the discovery of clay tablet libraries in the ancient Middle East. Tolzmann (U. of Cincinnati) borrows the new title from Goethe, weaving

Book information

ISBN: 9781584560494
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Imprint: Oak Knoll Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 027.009
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 188
Weight: 816g
Height: 254mm
Width: 210mm
Spine width: 25mm