Kallimachos: the alexandrian library and the origins of bibliography
Auteur :
Blum, Rudolf
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299131708
Date de publication :
15 déc. 1991
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
First English edition of this study of the Alexandrian Library, published in German in 1977. The author argues that Kallimachos of Kyrene, the second director of the library, was the inventor of two essential scholarly tools: the library catalogue and the bibliographical reference work.