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The Library of Alexandria

Further Reading

Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature chapter 1 by Leig D. Reynolds and Nigel G. Wilson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974) (2nd ed.)

Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson (Yale: Yale University Press, 2001) esp. Chapter 3

The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World by Luciano Canfora and M. Ryle (California: University of California Press, 1990)


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The New Library of Alexandria - Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Foundation and Loss of the Royal and Serapeum Libraries of Alexandria

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