The author of The Footnote reflects on scribes, scholars, and the work of publishing during the golden age of the book.
Meticulously illuminating the phy.
In this celebration of bookMaking in all its messy and intricate detail, renowned historian Anthony Grafton invites us to see the scholars of Early Modern Europe as diligent workers.
From Francis Bacon to Barack Obama, thinkers and political leaders have denounced humanists as obsessively bookish and allergic to labor.
The author of The Footnote reflects on scribes, scholars, and the work of publishing during the golden age of the book