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Author:

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89125412

Title:

Phisicke against fortune : as well prosperous as adverse : forty-six dialogues / by Francesco Petrarca ; translated by Thomas Twyne ; illustrated by Hans Weiditz ; introduction by Lewis W. Spitz ; essay by William M. Ivins, Jr.

Publisher:

Foolscap Press,

Copyright Date:

1993

Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xx, 138 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Subject:

Conduct of life.

Other Authors:

Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125479
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95051699
Spitz, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1922-1999. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80044637
Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50037807
Gotthold, Peggy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97004919
Van Velzer, Lawrence G. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95037768
Foolscap Press. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96038685

Other Titles:

De remediis utriusque fortunae. English

Notes:

"This edition brings together for the first time Thomas Twyne's translation of Phisicke against fortune and Hans Weidtz's ... woodcut illustrations ... made for the German edition of 1532 ... We have selected forty-six dialogues that represent the enduring wisdom of Petrarch and the impressive imagery of Weiditz"--Publisher's advertisement, page [4]. Printed paper over boards; quarter bound in Japanese red cloth, stamped in gold. "This Foolscap Press book is printed on Lana Royal using Poliphilus, Forum, and Bembo types, with Calligraph initials. The design, printing and binding were done at the press by Peggy Gotthold & Lawrence G. Van Velzer. Limited to an edition of 175, copies numbered 1-40 are specially bound in quarter goatskin"--Colophon, page [3] at end. Initials printed in red.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)28367340

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)