Janus: Benedetto Varchi: Storia Fiorentia

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Benedetto Varchi: Storia Fiorentia

Title	Benedetto Varchi: Storia Fiorentia
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.4232
Creator	Varchi, Benedetto (1503-1565)
Covering Dates	1721 (Circa (Copy of 16th Century original))
Extent and Medium	1 Volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565), Italian poet and historian, was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici to write a history of Florence. The resulting Storia Fiorentia comprised 16 books, covering the period from 1527 to 1538. Varchi also wrote plays and poems, and translated classical works.

Vol. I, 502 folios: (p. iii) title; (p. vii) list of contents to both volumes; (p. 1) dedicatory epistle to Cosmo de' Medici, Duke of Florence; (p. 11) preface; (p. 15) text. The volume ends in Bk XI on p. 359 of the printed edition of 1721. The companion volume is missing.

Presented by F. Howard Marsh, 1904.

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In Italian

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Benedetto Varchi: Storia Fiorentia, MS Add.4232

Index Terms

Florence

History

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