Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-396).
Contents
Francesco Petrarca: Letter to posterity ; the ascent of Mount Ventoux ; Selected poems from the Canzoniere -- Giovanni Boccaccio: Stories from the Decameron -- Leon Battista Alberti: Selections from the Book of the Family -- Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Selections from the Oration on the Dignity of Man -- Leonardo Da Vinci: Selections from the Notebooks -- Baldesar Castiglione: Selections from the Book of the courtier -- Niccolo Machiavelli: Selections from The prince -- Francesco Guicciardini: Selections from the Ricordi -- Benvenuto Cellini: Selections from Cellini's Life --Michelangelo Buonarroti: Selected poems -- Giorgio Vasari: Selections from Lives of the most famous artists.
Francesco Petrarca -- Giovanni Boccaccio -- Leon Battista Alberti -- Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola -- Leonardo Da Vinci -- Baldesar Castiglione -- Niccolò Machiavelli -- Francesco Guicciardini -- Benvenuto Cellini -- Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Giorgio Vasari.