Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of the earth to bring them back. In Papyrus, celebrated classicist Irene Vallejo traces the dramatic history of the book and the fight for its survival. This is the story of the book's journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. And it is a story full of heroic adventures, bloodshed and me Papyrus - Irene Vallejo od authora Irene Vallejo a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Irene Vallejo |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
464 |
| Rok vydání |
2023 |
| Nakladatelství |
Hodder and Stoughton |
