Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo

Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

Irene Vallejo with Charlotte Whittle (Translator)

464 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
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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 ...

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