The Vespasiano Memoirs: Lives of Illustrious Men of the XVth Century by Renaissance Society of America, William George Waters, Vespasiano Da Basticci, Vespasiano (da Bisticci)
The Vespasiano Memoirs: Lives of Illustrious Men of the XVth Century
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Renaissance Society of America, William George Waters, Vespasiano Da Basticci, Vespasiano (da Bisticci)
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The Vespasiano Memoirs: Lives of Illustrious Men of the XVth Century

Renaissance Society of America, William George Waters, Vespasiano Da Basticci, Vespasiano (da Bisticci)

476 pages • first pub 1839 (view editions)

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Vespasiano da Bisticci (b. 1421) was a Florentine bookseller known as the most celebrated dealer of books and manuscripts of his generation. The renewed interest in Greek and Roman texts brought about by the rise of humanism inspired many wealthy ...

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