Volume 1. The Age of the Despots

BY

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

AUTHOR OF

STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS, SKETCHES IN ITALY AND GREECE, ETC.

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'Di questi adunque oziosi principi, e di queste vilissime armi, sarà piena la mia Istoria'

MACH. 1st Fior. lib. i.

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NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1888

RENAISSANCE IN ITALY.

TO

MY FRIEND

JOHN BEDDOE, M.D., F.R.S.,

I DEDICATE MY WORK

ON

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE.

AUTHOR'S EDITION