Who This Author Is

Anthony Grafton has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 22 catalog-linked books across 1990 to 2023, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Classics & Literary Fiction.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Defenders of the Text: The Traditions of Scholarship in an Age of Science, 1450-1800 and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1990 to 2023; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harvard Univ Pr and Harvard University Press.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Classics & Literary Fiction entry points • common used copies from Harvard Univ Pr and Harvard University Press

Genres and themes: Classics & Literary Fiction

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1990 to 2023; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harvard Univ Pr and Harvard University Press.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Defenders of the Text: The Traditions of Scholarship in an Age of Science, 1450-1800

    Harvard Univ Pr • 2003 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2003 • 344 pages.

  2. Cardano's Cosmos : The Worlds and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer

    Harvard Univ Pr • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 304 pages.

  3. The Footnote: A Curious History

    Harvard Univ Pr • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 256 pages.

  4. Defenders of the text

    Harvard Univ Pr • 1991 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1991 • 330 pages.

  5. Forgers and Critics, New Edition

    Princeton University Press • 2019 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  6. The Penguin History of Europe Volume 4 (Allen Lane History)

    Allen Lane • 2009 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2009 • 400 pages.

  7. What was History?

    Cambridge University Press • 2007 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2007 • 330 pages.

  8. The Footnote

    FABER AND FABER • 2003 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2003 • 252 pages.

  9. Bring Out Your Dead

    Harvard University Press • 2002 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2002 • 368 pages.

  10. Falsarios y Criticos

    Critica (Grijalbo Mondadori) • 2001 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2001 • 161 pages.

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