Publishing in the Republic of Letters: Behind the Scenes of Pieter van der Aa's Thesaurus antiquitatum et historiarum Italiae (Leiden, 1704-25).
The Thesaurus antiquitatum et historiarum Italiae is a collection of accounts on Italian history and antiquities that was published in Leiden at the beginning of the eighteenth century by the Dutch publisher Pieter van der Aa. This publication offers a splendid opportunity to shed light on the 'behi...
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2013
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