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The Library: A Fragile History
The first major history of the library--from the legendary collections of antiquity to the age of Amazon. Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen uncover the tumultuous history of the world's greatest libraries, and the immense, sometimes obsessive, length to which antiquarians, philanthropists and eccentrics have gone to acquire and possess knowledge. Libraries have taken every from imagina…
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781788163439
- Collation
- 518 hlm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 027.009 Pet t
The Birth of the Archive: A History Knowledge
The Birth of the Archive traces the history of archives from their emergence in the Late Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period, and vividly shows how archives permeated and fundamentally changed European culture. Archives were compiled and maintained by peasants and kings, merchants and churchmen, and conceptions of archives were as diverse as those who used them. The complex, demanding j…
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780472130689
- Collation
- xi + 284 pp.; 13,7 x 20,6 cm
- Series Title
- Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World
- Call Number
- 027.009 Fri t
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