Isbn: 9781584561491 - the history of the library in western civilization: the byzantine world : from constantine the great to cardinal bessarion (3) (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear. Grey cloth cover and pages as new, no marks, very tight binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First English Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine Condition. Dust jacket in protective Broadart cover. Very small stain (eraser size on the front board). A very smal bump to the edge of the dust jacket, the boards beneath are not damaged. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscriptions. First English Edition. Book appears to be unread. ; Height: 11.25 Inches, Length: 8.75 Inches, Weight: 29.51 Grams, Width: 1.5 ; 572 pages.…

Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. As New and New condition. No defects. Pictures available upon request.? K.B.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: VERY GOOD. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 572 pp. Sewn binding in gray cloth, gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with external labels removed; some light toning to the extremities, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise with sound binding and no evidence of use. Shipped professionally in a box. 'The third volume of The History of the Library spans a period of more than a thousand years and covers an area stretching from Alexandria and Trebizond to Calabria and Sicily in the south of Italy. The author explores the end of the ancient world and the closure and destruction of its monumental libraries, and describes the formation of the great monastic libraries, such as St. Catherine's on Mount Sinai, the Monastery of Studius in Constantinople, the group of monasteries on Mount Athos and the famous library in the Monastery of St. John on Patmos. Finally, he examines all the known palace, public, university and private libraries in the whole of the Byzantine Empire, and discusses the book trade as well. Among the libraries included in this third volume are those formed in the states that emerged after the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders in 1204, such as the Empires of Nicaea and Trebizond, the Despotate of Epirus and the Kingdom of Thessalonica. In addition, special attention is given to the book collections of monasteries in the Kingdom of Cyprus and the libraries in the Despotate of the Morea, one of the last Greek bastions to hold out against the Turkish conquest, where the famous Neoplatonist philosopher Plethon taught.' (Publisher's blurb).…