Silvae (I Tatti Renaissance library ; 14)
by Angelo Poliziano ; edited and translated by Charles Fantazzi
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674014804
- ISBN 13
- 9780674014800
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About This Item
Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his contemporaries writing in Italian. Text in English and Latin. xx, 215 p. ; 21 cm. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016544
- Title
- Silvae (I Tatti Renaissance library ; 14)
- Author
- Angelo Poliziano ; edited and translated by Charles Fantazzi
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674014804
- ISBN 13
- 9780674014800
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge MA
- Date Published
- 2004
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