Angelo Poliziano Miscellanies Volumes I and II, 2 volume set.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2020. First printing. Hardcover. Two volume set. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 639pp, 418pp. Translator's notes, bibliography, index. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Item #68439
The I Tatti Renaissance Library - ITRL 89 and 90. From the jacket: Known for his poetry, Poliziano's Miscellanies, published in a "first century" in 1489 and a "second century", which was unfinished at his death, consitute the most innovative contribution to classical philology of the Renaissance. Each chapter is a mini-essay on some lexical or textual problem which Poliziano solves with a mixture of deep learning, analytic skill, and brash criticism of his predecessors. Constitutes the translation of the work into a modern language (English).
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