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New worlds, ancient texts: the power of tradition and the shock of discovery: Anthony Grafton (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992), 282 pp., $29.95, cloth

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Book ID: 116112095
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 221 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0191-6599
DOI: 10.1016/0191-6599(95)90359-3

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