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Praise and blame in Renaissance Rome : Rhetoric, doctrine, and reform in the sacred orators of the Papal Court, c. 1450-1521 (Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 3)
Durham, Duke University Press, 1979(24.5 cm), xii, 276 pp. Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - A minute examination of sermons preached at the papal court at Mass (coram papa inter missarum solemnia), from the reign of Nicholas V to the death of Leo X. The bibliography at the end of the book lists about 160 sermons still extant in manuscripts or early printed editions, by seventy preachers. A major contribution to scholarship, it was awarded the American Historical Association’s Howard R. Marraro Prize. ¶ Two tears in dust jacket; otherwise an excellent, unmarked copy -
Renaissance rhetoric : a short-title catalogue of works on rhetorical theory from the beginning of printing to AD 1700 (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 237)
New York & London, Garland Publishing Inc., 1981(22.5 cm), xx (2), 353 (1) pp. Publisher’s cloth (no dust jacket issued). - A list of all treatises of preceptive rhetoric printed before 1700, including both classical and Renaissance authors. 867 entries arranged in alphabetical order, with individual works listed in chronological order. ¶ Fine copy.
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