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Excerpt from Tales of Firenzuola, Benedictine Monk of Vallambrosa (16th Century): For the First Time Translated Into English
Discorsi degli Animali; Ragionamenti d''am ore; two Discourses on Women''s Beauty two comedies, La Triunzia and I Lucidi; a translation of the Golden Ass, ''by Apuleius; poetry in which Capitoli slightly sketched and a few desultory pieces, appear. One of them, Expulsion of new characters useles 9 ly introduced into the Tuscan tongue, is di rected against the Trissino, who wanted to add to the alphabet certain parasitic letters, among others the omega. Two of these works at least were formerly turned into French and seem to have been in great vogue; the Discorsi degli Animali were translated for the first time by Gabriel Cot tier, under this headin g Pleasant andjocose discourses of Animals, with a story not less true than funny lately taken place in the city of Florence, Lyons, 1556, 16mo, and a second time by Pierre de Larivey they form part of a treatise entitled Two Books of Fabu lous Philosophy, Lyons, 1579, 16mo. Bran téme was acquainted with the Discorsi delle bellezze delle donne, or with the French translation. The Golden Ass presents this striking feature that Firenzuola, in substi tuting himself for the Lucius of Apuleius.
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Discorsi degli Animali; Ragionamenti d''am ore; two Discourses on Women''s Beauty two comedies, La Triunzia and I Lucidi; a translation of the Golden Ass, ''by Apuleius; poetry in which Capitoli slightly sketched and a few desultory pieces, appear. One of them, Expulsion of new characters useles 9 ly introduced into the Tuscan tongue, is di rected against the Trissino, who wanted to add to the alphabet certain parasitic letters, among others the omega. Two of these works at least were formerly turned into French and seem to have been in great vogue; the Discorsi degli Animali were translated for the first time by Gabriel Cot tier, under this headin g Pleasant andjocose discourses of Animals, with a story not less true than funny lately taken place in the city of Florence, Lyons, 1556, 16mo, and a second time by Pierre de Larivey they form part of a treatise entitled Two Books of Fabu lous Philosophy, Lyons, 1579, 16mo. Bran téme was acquainted with the Discorsi delle bellezze delle donne, or with the French translation. The Golden Ass presents this striking feature that Firenzuola, in substi tuting himself for the Lucius of Apuleius.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Agnolo Firenzuola
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266927983
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 155
Paperback
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Author
Agnolo Firenzuola
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334157011
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 157
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