On discovery / Polydore Vergil ; edited and translated by Brian P. Copenhaver.

"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 edit...

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Main Author:	Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555
Other Authors:	Copenhaver, Brian P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English Latin
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Series:	I Tatti Renaissance library ; 6.
Subjects:	Inventions > Early works to 1800. Learning and scholarship > Early works to 1800. Discoveries in science > Early works to 1800. Civilization > Early works to 1800. Early works.
Uniform Title:	De rerum inventoribus.

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Call Number:	PA8585.V4 A25 2002
Status:	Available

On discovery / Polydore Vergil ; edited and translated by Brian P. Copenhaver.

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