De expetendis et fugiendis rebus (On seeking and avoiding things) is an encyclopedia which was compiled by Giorgio Valla in 49 books. [1] Valla died in 1500 and the work was then published by his adopted son, Giovanni Pietro in 1501. It was printed in two large-format volumes by Aldus Manutius in Venice. [2]
References
- ^ Iolanda Ventura (2004), "Quaestiones and Encyclopedias", Schooling and Society: The Ordering and Reordering of Knowledge in the Western Middle Ages, Peeters Publishers, pp. 37–38, ISBN 978-90-429-1410-0
- ^ Raschieri, Amedeo (2012), "Giorgio Valla Editor and Translator of Ancient Scientific Texts", Greek Science in the Long Run, Cambridge Scholars, p. 129
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De expetendis et fugiendis rebus (On seeking and avoiding things) is an encyclopedia which was compiled by Giorgio Valla in 49 books. [1] Valla died in 1500 and the work was then published by his adopted son, Giovanni Pietro in 1501. It was printed in two large-format volumes by Aldus Manutius in Venice. [2]
References
- ^ Iolanda Ventura (2004), "Quaestiones and Encyclopedias", Schooling and Society: The Ordering and Reordering of Knowledge in the Western Middle Ages, Peeters Publishers, pp. 37–38, ISBN 978-90-429-1410-0
- ^ Raschieri, Amedeo (2012), "Giorgio Valla Editor and Translator of Ancient Scientific Texts", Greek Science in the Long Run, Cambridge Scholars, p. 129
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