Briefe und Gespräche
Francesco Petrarca
Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), poet of the Canzoniere and father of humanism, speaks of himself: the Letter to Posterity, the three dialogues with St Augustine on the contempt of the world (Secretum) and the little book On His Own Ignorance and That of Many Others. Hermann Hefele’s German translation (Jena, 1910) with his introduction, revised and annotated by Bernhard Trebuch, with three illustrations. Reading sample: the introduction and the Letter to Posterity.
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