Transformation of Knowledge: Early Manuscripts from the Collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg
Transformation of Knowledge: Early Manuscripts from the Collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg
$40.00
Black, Crofton
ed. Pap. London, 2007
Book ID: 74315
Remarkable collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Western and Eastern languages reflecting the collector's fascination with science and technology. These hand-written volumes reveal the complexity and sophistication of pre-modern knowledge about the physical world in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions.
160 pp., 180 color illus.