On Discovery

Polydore Vergil

ISBN 10: 0674007891 / ISBN 13: 9780674007895

Verlag: Harvard University Press June 2002, 2002

used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1530574

Inhaltsangabe:

The Italian humanist Polydore Vergil (1470-1555) was born in Urbino but spent most of his life in early Tudor England. His most popular work, On Discovery (De inventoribus rerum, 1499), was the first comprehensive account of discoveries and inventions written since antiquity. Thirty Latin editions of this work were published in Polydore's lifetime, and by the eighteenth century more than a hundred editions had appeared in eight languages, including Russian. On Discovery became a key reference for anyone who wanted to know about "firsts" in theology, philosophy, science, technology, literature, language, law, material culture, and other fields. Polydore took his information from dozens of Greek, Roman, biblical, and Patristic authorities. His main point was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority. This is the first English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil's lifetime.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Brian P. Copenhaver is Professor of History and Philosophy and Provost at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: On Discovery
Verlag: Harvard University Press June 2002
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: VG
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good