Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism: The De Bibliothecis of Justis Lipsius

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Year of Publication
2017
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336 pp.
Publisher
Brill
City
Leiden, Netherlands
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ISBN
9789004338166
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Critical edition and English translation of a Renaissance work on the history of libraries in antiquity. Contents: The De bibliothecis of Justus Lipsius Lipsius Proteus : the career of a scholar in an age of strife Library historiography before Lipsius The De bibliothecis: title, structure, and purpose Lipsius and his sources Print history Editorial principles A note on the commentary De bibliothecis: Text and translation De bibliothecis: Commentary