312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1966, this book studied the background against which libraries in England have developed since classical times and the part they played in the formation of 20 th Century bibliographic culture and bibliomania. Part 1 discusses the power of the written book in antiquity and follows the story from Greek and Roman times to Roman Britain and through Saxon and Medieval England... Read more
Biography
Raymond Irwin directed the University College London School of Library, Archive and Information Studies from 1945 until 1969.
