The study : the inner life of Renaissance libraries /
With the advent of the printing press in Europe, the possibility of assembling a personal library became more and more attainable for the cultural elite. In this book, Andrew Hui traces the historical development of the Renaissance studiolo, a personal study and library, from Petrarch to Montaigne,...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Bibliophilia
- Antiquity Face to Face
- Invention of the Studiolo
- Bookishness and Sanctity
- How to Build a Library with Montaigne
- Part II. Bibliomania
- Ark, Abyss, Abundance
- The World as Text in Don Quixote
- The Tempest as Wunderkammer
- Faustus in His Study
- Epilogue: The Wordless Library.