Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved, but also shaped, inspired and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monastries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home libraries to the information age. He explores how libraries are built and how they are destroyed, from the decay of the great Alexandrian library to scroll burnings in ancient ...
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Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved, but also shaped, inspired and obliterated knowledge. Matthew Battles, a rare books librarian, takes us on a spirited foray from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monastries, from the Vatican to the British Library, from socialist reading rooms and rural home libraries to the information age. He explores how libraries are built and how they are destroyed, from the decay of the great Alexandrian library to scroll burnings in ancient China to the destruction of Aztec books by the Spanish and in our own time, the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia.
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