Wit and Wisdom of the Italian Renaissance (Compilation)

by Charles Speroni

Book Overview

This is the first ample collection of facetiae, or witty tales, from the Italian Renaissance to be published in English. Witty and wise anecdotes had been known to the ancient Greeks and Romans in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520011996
• ISBN13: 9780520011991
• Release Date: January 1964
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.