Libraries in the ancient world /
Lionel Casson.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
- xii, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- 027/.03 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings : the ancient Near East -- The beginnings : Greece -- The library of Alexandria -- The growth of libraries -- The beginnings : Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome -- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome -- From roll to codex -- Toward the Middle Ages.