Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Minos to Cleopatra, The Greek World from the Minoans' Archival Libraries to the Universal Library of the Ptolemies.(Book review)

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Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Minos to Cleopatra: The Greek World from the Minaans' Archival Libraries to the Universal Library of the Ptolemies. Timothy Cullen, translator. New Castle, Del. and 't Goy-Houten, Netherlands: Oak Knoll Press and Hes & De Graaf Publishers, 2004. xxiii, 349 pp.; US $75/80 [euro]. ISBN 1584561149 (USA); 906194239X (Europe).

Commissions to restore two historic libraries first led architect and interior designer Konstantinos Staikos to devote himself to the history of libraries, as well as the ...

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