Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the World's Great Libraries

Name: Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the World's Great Libraries
Brand: Thames & Hudson
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hardcover – January 1, 2007

by Polastron, Lucien X

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ISBN-13: 9780500513842 ISBN-10: 0500513848

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Thames & Hudson

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hardcover

Published

January 1, 2007

Weight

1.5 lbs

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23.60×3.00×16.00 cm

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Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the World's Great Libraries by Polastron, Lucien X. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780500513842.

Lucien X Polastron surveys the worlds libraries, from Hebrew, Nordic and Islamic myths of a vast library which existed before creation, to the catastrophic losses of libraries in Alexandria, Qing Dynasty China and modern Iraq.