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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (15801637) was, during his lifetime, one of Europe's most famous men. This book is the first in English to portray this extraordinary man as well as his whole circle, including Pope Urban VIII, Galileo, Peter- Paul Rubens, and Hugo Grotius, and many others.... read more
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UMBERTO ECO'S DESCRIPTION of an unnamed 'local gentleman' from Aix-en-Provence who was 'versed in every science, possessor of a library rich not only in books but in art objects, antiquities, and embalmed animals', aptly captures the fate of the man it refers to, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637).
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- Peter N. Miller (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 944.032092
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