Название: Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
Автор: Irene Vallejo
Издательство: Knopf
ISBN: 0593318897
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 464
Размер: 7,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

A rich exploration of the importance of books and libraries in the ancient world that highlights how humanity’s obsession with the printed word has echoed throughout the ages. Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of earth to bring them back.