Friends Hold All Things in Common: Tradition, Intellectual Property, and the Adages of Erasmus

by Kathy Eden

Erasmus' Adages--a vast collection of the proverbial wisdom of Greek and Roman antiquity--was published in 1508 and became one of the most influential works of the Renaissance. It also marked a turning point in the history of Western thinking about literary property. At once a singularly successful commercial product of the new printing industry and a repository of intellectual wealth, the Adages looks ahead to the development of copyright...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300087578
• ISBN13: 9780300087574
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"