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An introduction to the largest and most famous library in the ancient world, discussing its construction in Alexandria, Egypt, its vast collections, rivalry with the Pergamum Library, famous scholars, and destruction by fire.
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Library of Alexandria
2003, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
in English
054753289X 9780547532899
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Table of Contents
A city of learning
Collecting books
Pergamum
Astronomy
Geography
Mathematics
Medicine
Decline and destruction
The fate of the Library of Alexandria.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69) and index.
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