Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Francesco Colonna

Translated by Joscelyn Godwin earliest edition we have, 1969 Thames & Hudson, 1999 hardcover 474 pages

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"It is hard to believe that the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, printed by Aldus Manutius in 1499, one of the most famous books in the world, read by every Renaissance intellectual and endlessly referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, has never appeared in English. One reason, no doubt, is the length and difficulty of the text. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relat...

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Joscelyn Godwin 2 printings we hold · 1999–2005 · Thames & Hudson

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Editions we hold

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili paperback · 2005 · Thames & Hudson · 497 pages · 9780500285497
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili edition · 2004 · Adelphi
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili hardcover · 1999 · Thames & Hudson · 474 pages · 9780500019429
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili edition · 1998 · Adelphi · 1206 pages
Le Songe de Poliphile edition · 1994 · Imprimerie nationale Editions · 507 pages
Le songe de Poliphile, ou, Hypnérotomachie edition · 1994 · Slatkine Reprints
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili edition · 1969 · Gregg · 469 pages

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