636 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2001 by HarperCollins.
Patience & fortitude
a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture
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In "Patience and Fortitude," Nicholas Basbanes takes us through his discoveries of some of the greatest libraries of the world--from Alexandria to Glastonbury--and then on to the Vatican,Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities.
In "Patience and Fortitude," Nicholas Basbanes takes us through his discoveries of some of the greatest libraries of the world--from Alexandria to Glastonbury--and then on to the Vatican,Wolfenbüttel, and erudite universities.
Subjects
- Books -- History
- Books and reading -- History
- Book collecting -- History
- Libraries -- History