Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cicero to Hadrian. Trans. Timothy Cullen. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; MS 't Goy-Houten, (Utrecht), NL: HES & De Graaf, 2005. 428pp.; US $75.00 ISBN 1584561483
Offering a lavish production with excellent images and easy-on-the-eyes typeface, this second instalment in a planned rive-volume study of the history of libraries in western civilization provides a sweeping commentary on the development ...