fraeon
Films
BrowseTop 250
Series
TV ShowsAnimeTop 250 TVTop 100 Anime
Games
BrowseTop 100
Books
BooksMangaTop 125 BooksTop 100 Manga
For youTrendingTier ListsThe ArchiveLeaderboard
Log inSign up free
fraeon

Everything you watch, play and read — tracked, rated and remembered in one library.

Explore

  • Films
  • TV
  • Anime
  • Games
  • Books
  • Manga

Discover

  • Trending
  • Leaderboard
  • Find people
  • Lists
  • Tier lists

Company

  • Tour
  • About
  • Community guidelines
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact

© 2026 fraeon. All rights reserved. ·

Metadata from TMDB, RAWG, Jikan & Open Library. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Questions or ideas? mehmet@avortas.com

HomeFeedProfile
The vanished library

The vanished library

by Luciano Canfora

1989Aliks*andrīn*a (Library)PtolemyLibrariesLibrary of AlexandriaHellenistic culture
4.0
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.

Themes & subjects

Aliks*andrīn*a (Library)PtolemyLibrariesLibrary of AlexandriaHellenistic cultureAliksāndrīnā (Library)
First published 1989

Characters & people

Setting

Alexandria (Egypt)EgyptAlexandriaTo 400332 BC - 400 AD

About the author

Luciano Canfora

1942

Author

Luciano Canfora

First published

1989

Pages

205

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

8

Language

English

Publisher

University of California Press

ISBN

9780091740498

Where to buy

TR
Amazon Bookshop

Reviews

No reviews yet — be the first to write one from the Log screen.

Quotes

No quotes yet.

Discussions

Similar books

Competitions · Aliks*andrīn*a (Library)

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Franco Zagari

1990

Aliks*andrīn*a (Library) · Libraries

Maktabat al-Iskandarīyah

Nāṣir Juwaydah

1990

Kallimachos

Alexandrian Library · Bibliography

Kallimachos

Rudolf Blum

1991

Aliks*andrīn*a (Library) · Competitions

The new bibliotheca Alexandrina

Mohammed M. Aman

1990

Aliks*andrīn*a (Library) · Library buildings -- Egypt -- Alexandria.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Aliks*andrīn*a (Library) · Libraries -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 400.

The Alexandrian Library

Edward Alexander Parsons

1967

Harmonics

Early works to 1800 · Greek and Roman Music

Harmonics

Ptolemy

1934

Recherches sur l'histoire de l'astronomie ancienne

Greek Astronomy · Astronomy

Recherches sur l'histoire de l'astronomie ancienne

Paul Tannery

1976

Stars · Catalogs

Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy's Almagest

A. T. Fomenko

2017

Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution

Astronomy · History

Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution

Michael J. Crowe

1990

Between Copernicus and Galileo

Astronomy, Medieval · Medieval Astronomy

Between Copernicus and Galileo

James M. Lattis

1994

Kelvin and the Age of the Universe

Quantum astronomy · Ptolemy

Kelvin and the Age of the Universe

Yuri Heymann

2022

Ptolemy's Philosophy

Ptolemy, active 2nd century · Philosophy, ancient

Ptolemy's Philosophy

Jacqueline Feke

2018

The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue

Ptolemy, active 2nd century · Stars, catalogs

The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue

Gerd Graßhoff

1989

The geography

Ancient Geography · Facsimiles

The geography

Ptolemy

1991

Mirror of the World

Cartography · History

Mirror of the World

Margaret Mary Roland

2021

Ptolemy, active 2nd century · Cartography, history

Printing a Mediterranean World

Sean Roberts

2013

The history of Ptolemy's star catalogue

Catalogs · History

The history of Ptolemy's star catalogue

Gerd Grasshoff

1989