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Cover illustration: Pan Teaching Daphnis to play the pipes at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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Names: Gambara, Lorenzo, approximately 1495-1585 author | Gwynne, Paul, 1958- editor | Owens, Patrick M. editor | Possevino, Antonio, 1533 or 1534-1611 author | Gambara, Lorenzo, approximately 1495-1585 Caprarola. English | Possevino, Antonio, 1533 or 1534-1611. Tractatio. English
Title: Lorenzo Gambara's Caprarola and On poetic composition : text, translation and commentary / edited by Paul Gwynne, Patrick M. Owens.
Other titles: Caprarola
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Jesuit studies, 2214-3289 ; volume 47 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Includes original Latin texts and English translations. Commentary in English.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025014336 (print) | LCCN 2025014337 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004125582 hardback acid-free paper | ISBN 9789004126671 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Gambara, Lorenzo, approximately 1495-1585. Caprarola | Possevino, Antonio, 1533 or 1534-1611. Tractatio | LCGFT: Poetry | Literary criticism
Classification: LCC PA8520.G15 C3713 2025 (print) | LCC PA8520.G15 (ebook) | DDC 871/.4–dc23/eng/20250526
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ISSN 2214-3289
ISBN 978-90-04-12558-2 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-12667-1 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004126671
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