Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism

Hendrickson, Thomas

ISBN 10: 9004338160 / ISBN 13: 9789004338166

Published by BRILL, 2017

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Soiled covers, otherwise text clean and tight; no dust jacket; Brill's Studies in Itellectual History 265 / Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History 20; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism
• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004338160
• ISBN 13: 9789004338166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued

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Synopsis

Winner of the 2018 Josef IJsewijn Prize for Best Book on a Neo-Latin Topic

Although many humanists, from Petrarch to Fulvio Orsini, had written briefly about library history, the De bibliothecis of Justus Lipsius was the first self-contained monograph on the topic. The De bibliothecis proved to be a seminal achievement, both in redefining the scope of library history and in articulating a vision of a public, secular, research institution for the humanities. It was repeatedly reprinted and translated, plagiarized and epitomized. Through the end of the nineteenth century, scholars turned to it as the ultimate foundation for any discussion of library history. In Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism, Hendrickson presents a critical edition of Lipsius’s work with introductory studies, a Latin text, English translation, and a substantial historical commentary.

About the Author

Thomas Hendrickson, Ph.D. (2013), UC Berkeley, is a Rome-Prize winner and teaches at Stanford Online High School. He has published on ancient libraries, ancient biography, and the reception of both in the Renaissance world.