Chapter Poggio and Other Book Hunters
Seeking out rare and precious texts, or book hunting, was a favorite pursuit of the Renaissance humanists, but the activity had been practiced with enthusiasm (and often guile) since antiquity. This paper discusses the phenomenon over time, looking at representative book hunters from Aulus Gellius (...
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Main Author: | Haig Gaisser, Julia (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2020
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