Werner L. Gundersheimer is Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

'This collection of humanistic prose is invaluable to all those who contemplate the history of western civilization, but most especially to students of the Italian Renaissance history, literature, philosophy, and art history who will greatly benefit from this engaging scholarly survey of hard-to-find original texts of important works.'- Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier (Sixteenth Century Journal)

Werner L. Gundersheimer is Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

'This collection of humanistic prose is invaluable to all those who contemplate the history of western civilization, but most especially to students of the Italian Renaissance history, literature, philosophy, and art history who will greatly benefit from this engaging scholarly survey of hard-to-find original texts of important works.'- Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier (Sixteenth Century Journal)