Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1576-77, just before Philip Sidney went on his mission to the Emperor Rudolph II in Prague, he and [Gabriel] Harvey read books 1-3 of the first decade [of Livy's Romanae historiae], which embrace the early history of Rome and its passage from monarchy to republic."
Century: 1500-1599 Reader/Listener/Group: Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney Print: Book
Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": " ... when ... [Harvey] and [Philip] Sidney went through books 1-3 [of Livy's Romanae historiae], they compared them to Frontinus's Stratagems (first century A.D.) [notes copiousness of annotations in Harvey's copy of Frontinus at the Houghton Librrary, Havard]."
Century: 1500-1599 Reader/Listener/Group: Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney Print: Book
Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": " ... when ... [Harvey] and [Philip] Sidney went through books 1-3 [of Livy's Romanae historiae], they compared them to Frontinus's Stratagems (first century A.D.) [notes copiousness of annotations in Harvey's copy of Frontinus at the Houghton Librrary, Havard]."
Century: 1500-1599 Reader/Listener/Group: Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney Print: Book
