HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP From 1300 to 1850 Pfeiffer, Rudolf
704 Oxford University Press 1976 Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket Hardcover Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Edgewear to DJ with one chip. DJ is price-clipped. Former owner's signature on fly page. ; Taking up the story with the revival of classical studies inspired by Petrarch, Professor Pfeiffer describes the achievements of the Italian humanists and the independent movement in Holland that culm inated in Erasmus and the German scholar-reformers. He traces the development of classical scholarship in the countries of Western Europe through the next 200 years, with particular attention to 16th century France and 18th century England, and concludes with an account of the new approach made by Winckelmann and his successors in Germany. ; 9.75 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 224 pages 0198143648 $50.00USD Click here to order or message the dealer
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