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Italy Illuminated, Volume 1, Books I-IV (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Italy Illuminated Volume 1 Books IIV - The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Author: Biondo Flavio
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 Illustra...  more » (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 antiquarianism. This is the first edition of the Latin text since 1559. (20061005)
ISBN-13: 9780674017436
ISBN-10: 0674017439
Publication Date: 7/29/2005
Pages: 528
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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