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Article: The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion.(Book review)
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- Libraries and the Cultural Record
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- June 22, 2008
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The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion. By Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. Translated by Timothy Cullen and David Hardy. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2007. 620 pp. $75.00. ISBN 978-1-584-56149-1.
Not every sumptuously illustrated, large-format book printed on heavy coated paper is a coffee-table book, at least if by "coffee-table book" we mean a volume intended primarily for the home, resting on a coffee table, put there to encourage conversation or relieve boredom. For one thing, at four and a half pounds, this third and most recent addition to the projected five-volume History of the Library in ...