Cover of The Vespasiano memoirs

The Vespasiano memoirs

lives of illustrious men of the XVth century

by Vespasiano da Bisticci

1997 475 pages eng

"Vespasiano da Bisticci (b. 1421) was a Florentine bookseller known as the most celebrated dealer of books and manuscripts of his generation. The renewed interest in Greek and Roman texts brought about by the rise of humanism inspired many wealthy individuals to seek codices of the best ancient and …

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