To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology / Marina Belozerskaya.
To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology / Marina Belozerskaya.
To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology / Marina Belozerskaya.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
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N930.1/95
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Language
English
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Physical content
308 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
At the beginning of the fifteenth century, a young Italian bookkeeper fell under the spell of the classical past. Despite his limited education, the Greeks and Romans seemed to speak directly to him--not from books but from the physical ruins and inscriptions that lay neglected around the shores of the Mediterranean. As an international merchant, C...
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To wake the dead : a Renaissance merchant and the birth of archaeology / Marina Belozerskaya.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2009.
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N930.1/95
Record Identifier
74Vv3qQrQba3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv3qQrQba3
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ISBN
0393065545 (hardcover)
9780393065541 (hardcover)
DDC
930.1
MMS ID
991009642519702626
