Essays and Dialogues (I Tatti Renaissance Library) by Bartolomeo Scala; Translator-Renée Neu Watkins; Introduction-Alison Brown - 2008-05-01

Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008. Hardcover. As New/Fine. This volume has a Latin text together with an accurate, readable English translation on facing pages, accompanied by an editor's introduction, notes on the text, brief bibliography and index. 314 pages, book has beautiful blue cloth covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine and front cover , this lettering against a black background. This volume collects works from throughout the author's career and show his acquaintance with ancient writers and the influence of fellow humanists. Clean, fresh, tight and bright. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dj has some light writing on on inside of the rear dust flap, about two and a half lines that are faint. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.

2008: Harvard University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket fine, free of all markings. Jacket in protective mylar wrap. Lovely book.

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Harvard University Press, 2008 8vo (21 cm), xviii, 314 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "From humble beginnings, Bartolomeo Scala (1430–1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence as a leading citizen of Florence, serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence, a post he held for fifteen years. His palace in Borgo Pinti, modeled on classical designs, was emblematic of his achievements as a humanist as well as a public official. Along with his professional writings as chancellor, Scala’s personal treatises, fables, and dialogues—widely read and admired by his contemporaries—were deeply indebted to classical sources. This volume collects works from throughout his career that show his acquaintance with recently rediscovered ancient writers, whose works he had access to through the Medici libraries, and the influence of fellow humanists such… Read More

Hardback. New. From humble beginnings, Bartolomeo Scala (1430-1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence as a leading citizen of Florence, serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence, a post he held for fifteen years. This volume collects works from throughout his career.

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Harvard Univ Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. 314 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches.

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