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Overview: In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain-and persona non grata with the ruling Medici after the siege of Florence-retired to his villa to write a history of his times. His Storia d'Italia became the classic history of Italy-both a brilliant portrayal of the Renaissance and a penetrating vision into the tragedy and comedy of human history in general. Sidney Alexander's readable translation and abridgment of Guicciardini's four-volume work earned the prestigious 1970 P.E.N. Club translation award. His perceptive introduction and notes add much to the understanding of Guicciardini's masterpiece. This is a translation of the history of Italy by the 16th century diplomat, advisor to heads of state, and military leader Guicciardini.
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Storia d'Italia: alla miglior lezione ridotta dal professore Giovanni Rosini.
1836, Cantone Ticino, Tip. elvetica
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The historie of Guicciardin: containing the warres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares under sundrie kings and princes, together with the variations and accidents of the same: and also the arguments, with a table at large expressing the principall matters through the whole historie
1599, By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers by Ludgate
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Edition Notes
Has index.
Translated by Favre and revised by Georgeon. Cf. Brunet, Grässe, Quérard.
Title in red and black. Text has printer's ornaments, vignettes, initials.
LC Copy 1 in library buckram, trimmed to 26 cm. Has Avertissement in v. 1 bound in between the Preface and Sommaire des livres. Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1874.
LC Copy 2 has v. 1 and 2 in contemporary binding with marbled edges; v. 3 slightly trimmed and in library buckram. Errata at end of v. 1 bound out of order. Transferred from the U.S. Treasury Dept. to the Library of Congress in 1913.
LC Copy 3 has the bookplate of [President] James Monroe in all three volumes. In 18th-century binding stamped with the arms of the family Bourguignon de la Mure, Province of Martinique, Guadeloupe; the motto is Contra Hostem Surrectus (raised against the enemy). Avertissement in v. 1 wanting. Manuscript notes on front flyleaf, dated 1840s.
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