The prettiest love letters in the world : letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, 1503 to 1519 / translation and preface, Hugh Shankland ; wood engravings, Richard Shirley Smith.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Multiple |
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Boston :
David R. Godine,
1987.
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| Item Description: | "First published in a limited edition in the U.K. in 1985 as Messer Pietro mio by Libanus Press, Marlborough. This edition first published in the U.K. by Collins Harvill, London." The 9 extant letters from Lucrezia Borgia to Cardinal Bembo are preserved in the Biblioteca ambrosiana, Milan (Ms. H.246); they were published in 1859 under title: Lettere di Lucrezia Borgia a messer Pietro Bembo. Six were in Italian, 3 in Spanish. Cardinal Bembo's letters were selected from various published and unpublished sources. Includes 6 poems (1 in Spanish, 5 in Italian)--with English translations. |
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| Physical Description: | 46 pages, 43 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 45). |
| ISBN: | 0879237163 9780879237165 |