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Petrarch's Italian faces Catanusi's translations into French prose. The volume is intended to demonstrate, as Catanusi (n.d.) writes in "Aux Lecteurs," why "for more than three centuries this poet has been esteemed throughout the world . . . by the greatest Princes of Europe." The "extraordinary" honors he received even "astonished himself." Not only Princes but also "les Gens de lettres" ("men of letters") regard him highly, Catanusi adds. Correct then, he remains correct now. His is surely the right note on which to conclude an exhibition that celebrates the moment when Petrarch's works embark on their eighth century. |
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Les ouevres amoureuses de Pétrarque, traduites en françois, avec l'italien à costé, par le Sieur Placide Catanusi.
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Paris: Chez Estienne Loyson, 1669.
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The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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