História Universal da Destruição dos Livros - Fernando Báez • BookLikes (ISBN:9789724738468)

História Universal da Destruição dos Livros

by: Fernando Báez (author)

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ISBN: 9789724738468

Publish date: March 27th 2009

Publisher: Texto Editora

Pages no: 448

Edition language: Portuguese

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Non Fiction, Writing, History, Reference, Books About Books, Library Science, Librarianship

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14 years ago

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At time horrifying, but overall emcompassing look at the destruction of books from man made to insects and paper itself.While at times the book does read like a list and at times, I wished there was more, the book is very good. Baez traces the destruction of the book starting in the ancient world. ...

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16 years ago

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The book was interesting, but it was a bit tiresome and depressing at times. You are looking at humanity's history pretty much by the many books (and scrolls and manuscripts) that have been lost or destroyed from natural disasters to man's intentional destruction. It is written in short sections, wh...

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