The History of the Library in Western Civilization

Library Bookwatch, August, 2004

The History Of The Library In Western Civilization

Konstantinos Staikos

Oak Knoll Press

310 Delaware St, New Castle, DE 19720

www.oakknoll.com

1584561149 $75.00 1-800-996-2556

An ideal "Memorial Fund" acquisition selection choice for academic and community library collections, The History Of The Library In Western Civilization: From Minos To Cleoptra is a superbly illustrated, 374-page, hardover coffee table book that debuts the visually and informationally impressive "The Great Libraries" series being published by Oak Knoll Press. Combining a wealth of text information with photographs, visual reconstructions of the architecture of great libraries of history, historical artifacts, charts of symbols and hieroglyphics used to convey information in the ancient world, and much more, The History Of The Library In Western Civilization is an amazing, eye-opening, and fascinating historical survey of ancient learning as embodied within the evolving institutional concept of the library.