World First Book Library

The library in campfield manchester was the first library to operate a free lending library without subscription in 1852.

World first book library. While the library had been destroyed many fragments of the ancient cuneiform tablets survived and have been reconstructed. The world s oldest known library was founded sometime in the 7th century b c. The library of ashurbanipal established 668 627 bc in nineveh near modern mosul iraq long considered to be the first systematically collected library was rediscovered in the 19th century.

The history of the books became an acknowledged academic discipline in the 1980s contributors to the discipline include specialists from the fields of textual scholarship codicology bibliography philology palaeography art history social history and cultural history its key purpose is to demonstrate that the book as an object not just the text contained within it is a conduit of. Located in nineveh in modern day iraq the site. World ebook library s millennium collection offers millions of works by the greatest thinkers of the last 1 000 years works from america asia africa and europe in over 300 different languages.