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The great libraries : from antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600)

Title
The great libraries : from antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600) / by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos ; preface by Hélène Ahrweiler ; translated by Timothy Cullen.
Author
Staikos, K.
Publication
  • New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : The British Library, 2000.
  • ©2000

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Additional Authors
  • Ahrweiler, Hélène
  • Cullen, Timothy
  • Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
Description
xvi, 563 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 34 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Title from half-title page.
  • "Dust jacket (Front): The Prunksaal or Great Hall of the Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. (Back) The Theological Hall of the Strahov Abbey Library, Prague. Printed endpapers: Preliminary drawings of the Royal Library in Paris by Etienne-Louis Boullée" -- title page verso.
  • "<<The Great Libraries>> by Konstantinos Staikos was set by Mary Karava in Times founts. Color separations by Tassos Bastas. The second impression was printed by M. Toumbis S.A. under the supervision of Stavros Yannopoulos in 2,000 copies on Zanters Mega matt 150 gr. paper, and bound by V. Kypraios. Printed in June 2001 for Kotinos S.A." -- colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-539) and index (pages 543-563).
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Rare Books+ 21-682 bound in publishers' red cloth with gilt letters on cover and spine; with original dust jacket.
Call Number
JFG 01-287
ISBN
  • 1584560185 (USA)
  • 0712306617 (UK)
LCCN
99087263
OCLC
43286419
Author
Staikos, K., author.
Title
The great libraries : from antiquity to the Renaissance (3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600) / by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos ; preface by Hélène Ahrweiler ; translated by Timothy Cullen.
Imprint
New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press ; London : The British Library, 2000.
Copyright Date
©2000
Edition
1st English ed.
Binding
Copy in Rare Books+ 21-682 bound in publishers' red cloth with gilt letters on cover and spine; with original dust jacket. NN
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-539) and index (pages 543-563).
Added Author
Ahrweiler, Hélène, writer of preface.
Cullen, Timothy, translator.
Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+ 21-682
JFG 01-287
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