The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search To Know His World and Himself.
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge": First Edition of The Discoverers; Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin in the year of publication
The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search To Know His World and Himself.
BOORSTIN, Daniel J.
$975.00
Item Number: 133633
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition, early printing of this “grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Thick octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free end paper, “For Jeanne Perkins- fellow discoverer- from Daniel J. Boorstin June 6, 1989.” Also, laid in is a signed letter from Boorstin’s wife on their letterhead. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
"A remarkable narrative of the grand intellectual venture of humankind, rich in fascinating, often dramatic details" (The Wall Street Journal). "A sumptuous, totally engaging panorama. No one who reads it will look at the chronicle of human ingenuity in the same way again" (David McCullough).
