Author: Lewis, Naphtali
Title: Papyrus in Classical Antiquity
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1974. orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 22x14cm, viii,152,(6)pp. 6pp plates.. ISBN: 0198148038. Minor wear. Dustwrapper flap corner clipped. VG. ¶ Conents: The Plant: Habitats and Transplants; Variety of Uses; The Paper: The Manufacturing Process and Its Products; Some Technical terms; The Spread of Papyrus in the Ancient World; Miscellaneous Uses; The Paper Industry: Cultivating and Harvesting the Plant; Manufacture and Sale; Taxation: Unresolved Problems.

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