by
Professor Brendan Dooley, Professor Brian Cowan, Beat Kümin
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Through the lens of a history of material culture mediated by an object, Angelica's Book and the World of Reading in Late Renaissance Italy investigates aspects of women's lives, culture, ideas and the history of the book in early modern Italy.
Inside a badly damaged copy of Straparola's 16th-century...