Il libro nel mondo antico

The most modern study on books and libraries in the ancient world, writing materials, circulation of books and book-trade, places, types and ways of book production. A history of the ancient book which examines all the issues concerning the writing products. Respect to the German book (1992), this new edition has been corrected, enlarged, improved and updated. It is enriched by several and very useful indexes: beside a general and thematical index, we can find indexes of classical authors, papyri, inscriptions and manuscripts, ancient and modern names, and geographical names. All the issues which are discussed in the book have been updated with more recent bibliography, in the Supplemento bibliografico (pp. 305-330)