L’Abrege du monde

Une histoire sociale de la bibliotheque Ambrosienne (v. 1590 - v. 1660)

by Marie Lezowski

Book cover: L’Abrege du monde

Extent: 535 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies

Series: Bibliotheque d'histoire de la Renaissance

Series volume number: 9

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 2016)

ISBN: 9782812450754

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $82.00

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Hardback (Published)

(January 2016)

ISBN: 9782812450761

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $122.00

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In 1609, the inauguration of the Ambrosiana library had a European-wide impact : its founder, Federico Borromeo, intended to create a place dedicated to scholarly invention as much as preservation of knowledge. This book relates half a century in the history of the scholars of the library, divided between involvement in the world and refuge in reading, in a capital of the Catholic Reformation.

  • By (author) Marie Lezowski