The Vespasiano memoirs : lives of illustrious men of the XVth century /

"Vespasiano da Bisticci (b. 1421) was a Florentine bookseller known as the most celebrated dealer of books and manuscripts of his generation. The renewed interest in Greek and Roman texts brought about by the rise of humanism inspired many wealthy individuals to seek codices of the best ancient...

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Main Author: Vespasiano, da Bisticci, 1421-1498
Corporate Author: Renaissance Society of America
Other Authors: Waters, Emily, Waters, W. G (William George), 1844-1928
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press in association with the Renaissance Society of America, 1997
Toronto : [1997], ©1997
Toronto ; Buffalo : c1997
Toronto ; Buffalo : ©1997
Series:Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ; 7
Renaissance Society of America reprint texts ; 7
Renaissance Society of America reprint texts 7
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