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Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV (I Tatti Renaissance Library) (Latin Edition)
Biondo Flavio
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Description for Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV (I Tatti Renaissance Library) (Latin Edition)
Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Jeffrey A. Translator(s): White, Jeffrey A. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 37. Weight in Grams: 648.
Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. While serving a number of the Renaissance popes, he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history, institutions, cultural life, and physical remains of the ancient Roman empire. The Italia Illustrata (1453), which appears here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. Its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world. As such, it is the quintessential work of Renaissance anti-quarianism. This is the first edition of the Latin text since ... Read more
Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. While serving a number of the Renaissance popes, he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history, institutions, cultural life, and physical remains of the ancient Roman empire. The Italia Illustrata (1453), which appears here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. Its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world. As such, it is the quintessential work of Renaissance anti-quarianism. This is the first edition of the Latin text since ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
648g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674017436
SKU
V9780674017436
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About Biondo Flavio
Jeffrey A. White is Professor of Classical Languages at St. Bonaventure University.
Reviews for Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV (I Tatti Renaissance Library) (Latin Edition)
The Loeb Classical Library... has been of incalculable benefit to generations of scholars... It seems certain that the I Tatti Renaissance Library will serve a similar purpose for Renaissance Latin texts, and that, in addition to its obvious academic value, it will facilitate a broadening base of participation in Renaissance Studies... These books are to be lauded not only for ... Read more