A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 36
edwith shelves, on which were laid the clay books of Assyria, or the rolls of papyruswhich have long since perished. The library consisted for the most part of copies1 Records of the Past, new series, vol. i., p. 5. THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN ^BOOKS. t3 or editions of older works that had been… … OCTAGONAL TERRA-COTTA ASSYRIAN CYLINDER. ; Photographed from the original in the British Museum.) towards the latter part of his reign. ... It was open to all comers, and Assur-bani-paldid his best to attract readers. . . . The library of Kouyunjik (Nineveh) shared in thecommon overthrow of the…
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