An edition of The vanished library: A Wonder of the Ancient World (1989)

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An edition of The vanished library: A Wonder of the Ancient World (1989)

The vanished library

a wonder of the ancient world

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Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.

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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
205

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Subjects

Aliks*andrīn*a (Library), Ptolemy, Libraries, Library of Alexandria, Hellenistic culture, Aliksāndrīnā (Library), Learning and scholarship, Antiquités, Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie, Vie intellectuelle, Antiquities, Alexandrian Library, Civilisation ancienne, Classical Civilization, History, Alexandria, Egypt, Intellectual life, Histoire, Library, Bibliothèques, Aliks@andr@in@a (Library), Alexandria (egypt), Fiction, general, History, ancient

People

Ptolemy

Places

Alexandria (Egypt), Egypt, Alexandria

Times

To 400, 332 BC - 400 AD
Edition Availability
Cover of: The vanished library
The vanished library: a wonder of the ancient world
1991, Vintage
in English
Cover of: The Vanished Library
The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World (Hellenistic Culture and Society)
September 18, 1990, University of California Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Vanished Library
The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World
August 29, 1990, University of California Press
Paperback in English - California edition (corrected translation)
Cover of: The vanished library
The vanished library
1989, Hutchinson Radius
in English
Cover of: The vanished library
The vanished library
1989, University of California Press
in English
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The Vanished Library/a Wonder of the Ancient World
Publish date unknown, Trafalgar Square
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The vanished library
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The Vanished Library/a Wonder of the Ancient World
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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Hutchinson Radius, 1989.

Includes index.

Translation of: La biblioteca scomparsa.

Published in
London
Series
Hellenistic culture and society

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
932

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Pagination
ix,205p. :
Number of pages
205

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14909429M
Internet Archive
vanishedlibraryw0000canf
ISBN 10
0099775409
LibraryThing
21359
Goodreads
1839663

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Work ID
OL135588W

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