The Marquis de Sade was not the only member of the Sade family proud of its descent from Petrarch's Laura. The Marquis' literary uncle, Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade, wrote often about Petrarch. His Mémoires pour la vie de François Petrarque were translated into English by Mrs. Susannah Dawson Dobson (d. 1795). The lavishly-produced volumes exhibited here present J.-F.-P.-A. de Sade's anonymous translation of Petrarch's poetry into French.
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Oeuvres choisies de François Pètrarque, traduites du latin et de l'italien en françois; avec des mèmoires sur sa vie. . .
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Amsterdam [i.e., Avignon]: chez Arskèe et Mercus, 1763, vol. 2.
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Petrarch at Vaucluse
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Oeuvres choisies de François Pètrarque, traduites du latin et de l'italien en françois; avec des mèmoires sur sa vie. . .
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Amsterdam [i.e., Avignon]: chez Arskèe et Mercus, 1763, vol. 3.
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Laura and Petrarch
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