Latin Poetry - The I Tatti Renaissance Library - Girolamo Fracastoro - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674072718 - April 22, 2013
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Latin Poetry - The I Tatti Renaissance Library


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A medical authority, Girolamo Fracastoro (1478–1553) was also a prominent Neo-Latin poet. This volume includes his didactic poem Syphilis, which gave the name to the disease and contains the first poetical description of Columbus’ discovery of America; a short Biblical epic, the Joseph; and the Carmina, a collection of shorter poetry.


468 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 22, 2013
ISBN13 9780674072718
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 560
Dimensions 154 × 207 × 39 mm   ·   662 g
Language English  
Translator Gardner, James

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