Renaissance Vision from Spectacles to Telescopes
- ISBN-10
- 0871692597
- ISBN-13
- 9780871692597
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 378
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- American Philosophical Society
- Author
- Vincent Ilardi
Description
E per lunga riposanza in luoghi oscuri e freddi , e con affreddare lo corpo de l'occhio con l'acqua chiara , riuni ' sì la vertù disgregata che tornai nel primo buono stato de la vista . ” The canzone to which Dante is referring is his ...
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