The Pope's Elephant
Published on 13. October 1998
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-879941-41-0 (ISBN)
Description
"In this tour de force of original scholarship, Silvio Bedini gives us an elephants-back view of early modern Europe. Combines offbeat charm with historical rigor to pleasing effect." - "The Independent on Sunday".
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-879941-41-0 (9781879941410)
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Person
Silvio A. Bedini, Historian Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., served for many years as Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology (now the Nation Museum of American History) and then as the Smithsonian's Keeper of the Rare Books. For many years he has been engaged in research in the Vatican museums, library and archives. He is the author of more than a dozen books.