@article{1380688, author = {Grafton, Anthony.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1380688}, title = {Commerce with the classics : ancient books and Renaissance readers /}, publisher = {University of Michigan Press,}, abstract = {Humanists Alberti, Pico, Bude, and Kepler, all major figures of their time and now major figures in intellectual history, are examined in light of their distinctive ways of reading. Investigating a period of two centuries, Grafton vividly portrays the ways in which book/scholar interactions - and the established traditions that were reflected in these interactions - were part of and helped shape the subjects' humanistic philosophy. The book also indicates how these traditions have implications for the modern literary scene.}, recid = {1380688}, pages = {ix, 237 pages :}, address = {Ann Arbor :}, year = {1997}, }