The History of the Library in Western Civilization [Vol. 1-5]. & INDEX [ = Complete Set in 6 Volumes].

Original publisher’s cloth spine, red lettering spine, pictorial label on frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, thick large 4to: Vol. 1. From Minos to Cleopatra. The Greek World from the Minoans’ Archival Libraries to the Universal Library of the Ptolemies: xxiv, 350pp., [ij]. Vol. 2. The Roman World. From Cicero to Hadrian. The Roman World from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to the Monumental and Private Libraries of the Empire: xxiv, 428p., [iv], Vol. 3. From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion. Imperial, Monastic, School and Private Libraries in the Byzantine World: xxxij, 572pp. Vol. 4: From Cassiodorus to Furnival, Classical and Christian Letters, Schools and Libraries in the monastries and Universities, Western Book Centuries: xxxij, 500pp., [4]pp. Vol. 5. From Petrarch to Michelangelo: xxxij, 588pp. INDEX: 214pp., [ij]. With illustrated endpapers, very richly illustrated with coloured plates & illustrations, chapternotes & references, abbreviations, general bibliography, index. Fine complete set. VolumE 1-4 & Index: The History of the Library in Western Civilization.