The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries

by Andrew Hui

A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance library

With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics. Andrew Hui tells the remarkable story of the Renaissance studiolo--a "little studio"--and reveals how these spaces dedicated to self-cultivation became both a remedy and a poison for the soul.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691243328
• ISBN13: 9780691243320
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"