On discovery
Auteur :
Vergil, Polydore
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674007895
Date de publication :
30 juin 2002
Dimensions :
20,3 x 13,3 x 4,1 cm
Poids :
862 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The most popular work of the Italian humanist Polydore Vergil (1470–1555), On Discovery (De inventoribus rerum, 1499), was the first comprehensive account of discoveries and inventions written since antiquity. This is the first English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil’s lifetime.