Bruno, Leonard C. - The Tradition of Technology: Landmarks of Western Technology in the Collections of The Library of Congress

Washington, D.C., United States Library of Congress, 1995. (ISBN: 0844408883) Hardcover, Large 4to, Book, 0844408883. The author discusses seminal works of Greece and of Rome, such as those of Vitruvius, Galileo, Kepler, Franklin as we well has little-known individuals such as the fourteenth-century poetess Christine de Pisan who was an informed source on classical warfare and Roman cook Apicius who offers a glimpse into the cooking and eating habits of elite Romans and others.End papers show a busy fifteenth-century workshop engraving on copper. Very heavy book will require extra postage. - spine dark blue text - sh 47. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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