Famous Women
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Title:
Famous Women
Author:
Giovanni Boccaccio
Series (if any):
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
560 pages
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13:
9780674003477
EAN:
9780674003477
Publication Date:
26/04/2001
Classifications:
Encyclopaedias and reference works
Weight (g):
730
Dimensions (mm):
212 x 144 x 34
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£30.10
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Description
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) devoted his last decades to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.
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