Miscellanies

by Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano

An Open Letters Review Best Book of the Year

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of Florence in the age of Lorenzo de' Medici, "il Magnifico." The poet's Miscellanies, including a "first century" published in 1489 and a "second century" unfinished at his death, constitute the most innovative contribution to classical philology of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674244966
• ISBN13: 9780674244962
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"