Who was the first of all to establish a public library ; and how many books there were in the public libraries at Athens before the Persian invasions. THE tyrant Pisistratus is said to have been the first to establish at Athens a public library of books... Books and libraries, a lecture - Seite 60von sir John Simeon (3rd bart.) - 1860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Aulus Gellius - 1927 - 574 Seiten
...library ; and how many books there were in the public libraries at Athens before the Persian invasions. THE tyrant Pisistratus is said to have been the first to establish at Athens a public library of books relating to the liberal arts. Then the Athenians themselves added... | |
| 1864 - 396 Seiten
...Academy which he founded there and called the Musenm. t The tyrant, Pisistratus, is said to Ьате been the first to establish a library in the city of Athens, about 5nO years before the Christian tera. The library thus formed was increased with much care and pains,... | |
| |