An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography: To which is Prefixed A Memoir on the Public Libraries of the Antients, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - 758 pages |
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... LIBRARY . But the most magnificent of all the Libraries , founded by the sovereigns of imperial Rome , was that of the emperor Ulpius Trajanus , from whom it was called the Ulpian Library . It was erected in Trajan's Forum , and was ...
... LIBRARY . But the most magnificent of all the Libraries , founded by the sovereigns of imperial Rome , was that of the emperor Ulpius Trajanus , from whom it was called the Ulpian Library . It was erected in Trajan's Forum , and was ...
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... LIBRARIES IN THE CITIES & C . OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . In addition to the Imperial Libraries , there were others , to which the public had access , in the principal cities and colonies of the Em- pire . Thus , Pliny mentions a public Library ...
... LIBRARIES IN THE CITIES & C . OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . In addition to the Imperial Libraries , there were others , to which the public had access , in the principal cities and colonies of the Em- pire . Thus , Pliny mentions a public Library ...
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... Library at Constantinople . On the death of Constantine , the number of books contained in the Imperial Library was only six thousand nine hundred ; but it was suc- cessively enlarged by the emperors , Julian3 and 1 Supra , p . vi - xi ...
... Library at Constantinople . On the death of Constantine , the number of books contained in the Imperial Library was only six thousand nine hundred ; but it was suc- cessively enlarged by the emperors , Julian3 and 1 Supra , p . vi - xi ...
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... Imperial Library was preserved by the express command of the con- queror , and continued to be kept in some apart- ments of the Seraglio ; until Mourad ( or Amu- rath ) IV . in a fit of devotion , sacrificed ( as it is reported ) all ...
... Imperial Library was preserved by the express command of the con- queror , and continued to be kept in some apart- ments of the Seraglio ; until Mourad ( or Amu- rath ) IV . in a fit of devotion , sacrificed ( as it is reported ) all ...
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... imperial , royal , and other modern Public Libraries , both British and fo- reign , -together with a concise statement of the principal schemes , which have been offered , for the classification of Libraries . PART I. CHAPTER I. On the ...
... imperial , royal , and other modern Public Libraries , both British and fo- reign , -together with a concise statement of the principal schemes , which have been offered , for the classification of Libraries . PART I. CHAPTER I. On the ...
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