Two Renaissance Book Hunters

Two Renaissance Book Hunters
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 023109633X
ISBN-13 : 9780231096331
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Book Synopsis Two Renaissance Book Hunters by : Poggio Bracciolini

Download or read book Two Renaissance Book Hunters written by Poggio Bracciolini and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla


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