William J. Landon is an associate professor in the Department of History and Geography at Northern Kentucky University.

‘Strozzi and Machiavelli has many merits. It provides an original and lucid biography of Lorenzo Strozzi, a detailed discussion of the Strozzi-Machiavelli relationship, and critical editions and translations of several texts that circulated in Strozzi’s circle, thereby shedding light on the particularly dynamic intellectual context of Florence in the first half of the sixteenth century.’- Mark Jurdjevic (Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:04:2014) ‘This elegant, short book presents an obscure text by a little-known figure to a new audience. Both the analysis and the text should attract the interest of a variety of scholars, both of history and literature.’- Nicholas Scott Baker (The Journal of Modern History vol 87:03:2015)

• Chapter One: The Life of Lorenzo di Filippo StrozziChapter Two: Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and NiccolÒ MachiavelliChapter Three: A History of the Pistola fatta per la peste: Its Manuscripts, Publication History and a Close Reading of the TextConclusion: Pistola, Patron, Client and the Proposed Strozzi Marriage of 1525Figures:Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi’s Pistola fatta per la peste: An Italian Edition and an English Translation of the TextAppendix One: Appendix One: Supplemental Transcriptions from Banco Rari 29Appendix Two: Francesco Zeffi’s “Vita” Of Lorenzo di Filippo StrozziAppendix Three: A Recipe for an Antidote against the Plague by Mengo BianchelliAppendix Four: NiccolÒ Machiavelli’s Minuta di Provvisione per la Riforma dello Stato di Firenze L’Anno 1522Bibliography