History Of the Library In Western Civilization

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2004. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 374 pages. This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our foremost scholars on library history,… Read more about this item

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2013. hardcover. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. 216 pages. VI. This extensive index on all five volumes will identify all proper names, places, and subjects covered in this comprehensive and scholarly series. Co-published with HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, The Netherlands and Kotinos Publications, Athens,… Read more about this item

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2005. full-leather, slipcase. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. full-leather, slipcase. 364 pages. II. Deluxe full-leather edition. Limited to 100 copies. This second volume continues Staikos' brilliant history of the library from the early days of the Roman Republic to the "Golden Age" of Imperial Rome and the Emperor Hadrian. Extensively researched and beautifully illustrated… Read more about this item

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2005. Hardcover, dust jacket. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 364 pages. II. This second volume continues Staikos' brilliant history of the library from the early days of the Roman Republic to the "Golden Age" of Imperial Rome and the Emperor Hadrian. Extensively researched and… Read more about this item

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2007. hardcover. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. 608 pages. Vol. III From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion: Imperial, Monastic, School and Private Libraries in the Byzantine World. The third volume of The History of the Library spans a period of more than a thousand years… Read more about this item

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2010. hardcover, dust jacket. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 532 pages. Volume IV. This fourth volume discusses the publishing procedure for secular and religious writings of late antiquity and the factors that led to the impoverishment of the monumental libraries in Rome. New centers… Read more about this item