Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519, The prettiest love letters in the world , 1987
- Title(s):
- 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.
- Additional Title(s):
- Messer Pietro mio. English
- Published/Created:
- London : Collins Harvill, 1987.
- Physical Description:
- [112] p. in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsMSS 17 Moss no. 113Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. MossView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3084096
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Translation of: Messer Pietro mio.
First English trade edition.
Handset in 14-point Monotype Bembo.
Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 113
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original red cloth; dust jacket illustrated with Shirley Smith engravings.
BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith. - Subject Terms:
- Authors, Italian -- 16th century -- Correspondence.Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547. Correspondence.Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519 -- Correspondence.Collins Harvill -- Publisher.Papal States -- Nobility -- Correspondence.
- Form/Genre:
- Wood engravings -- 1987.
Correspondence.
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