num_pages: 367
description: A tradition started by Leon Battista Albertiâ€s Apologi centum (1437), the philosophical Aesopic fable was an important genre in Renaissance literature. This volume presents Aesopic prose by Alberti, Bartolomeo Scala, Leonardo da Vinci and Bernadino Baldi, translated, with introduction and notes by David Marsh.
language: English
title: Renaissance Fables: Aesopic Prose
titlecomplete: Renaissance Fables: Aesopic Prose (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies)
publisher: Mrts