Peiresc's Mediterranean World

by Peter N. Miller

Book Overview

Antiquarian, lawyer, and cat lover Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) was a "prince" of the Republic of Letters and the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Descartes. From Peiresc's study in Aix-en-Provence, his insatiable curiosity poured forth in thousands of letters that traveled the Mediterranean, seeking knowledge of matters mundane and exotic. Mining the remarkable 70,000-page archive of this Proven al...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674979710
• ISBN13: 9780674979710
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"