«After the passage of a dacade, it is a pleasure to salute the appearance of the second volume ... Grafton assesses as well as describes, and he is not afraid to point out the master's errors ... his conclusion is fundamentally positive, commending the work for 'its intellectual ambition, its richness in detail' and 'its willingness to depart from ancient testimony and modern dogma' ... his hero's extraordinary range of interests, knowledge and skills is made clear for the first time ... he has resurrected him, and, still more important, he has resurrected his work ... In so doing, he has done a signal service to Renaissance studies ... anyone interested in late Renaissance humanism or in the history of historical writing cannot afford to ignore it.»

Renaissance Studies, Vol 8 No 3

«highly technical book ... G.'s monumental book is rewarding and instructive ... G.'s even-handed apportionment of credit and discredit, both to Scaliger and to his critics, invites and will receive respectful attention ... rich stores of minutely documented information and the discriminating assessments to be found in this remarkable book.»

E.J. Kenney, The Classical Review, 1995

«'a remarkably rich insight into a vigorous period of scholarship for which the modern world, even the world of Classical learning and history, has little taste.' 'Grafton's weighty and copiously annotated volume does more than justice to this side of Scaliger's life. It is a model of erudition and flourished prose of a sort that fits Scaliger far better than purple robes ever did.' The London Review of Books»