Encyclopaedism from antiquity to the Renaissance /

"Shedding new light on the rich body of encyclopaedic writing surviving from the two millennia before the Enlightenment, this book traces the development of traditions of knowledge ordering which stretched back to Pliny and Varro and others in the classical world. It works with a broad concept...

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Other Authors:	Konig, Jason, Woolf, Greg
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism. Encyclopedists. Learning and scholarship > History > To 1500. Learning and scholarship > History > 16th century. Learning and scholarship > History > 17th century. Civilization, Ancient. Civilization, Medieval. Renaissance. Electronic books.
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