The prettiest love letters in the world : letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, 1503 to 1519 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519
Other Authors:	Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547, Shankland, Hugh, Shirley Smith, Richard
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : David R. Godine, 1987.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Borgia, Lucrezia, > 1480-1519 > Correspondence. Bembo, Pietro, > 1470-1547. > Correspondence. Papal States > Nobility > Correspondence. Humanists > Italy > Correspondence.

Description
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 Cardinal Bembo's letters were selected from various published and unpublished sources.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.
Physical Description:	46 pages, 66 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: page 45.
ISBN:	0879237163