Francesco Tatti da Sansovino (1521–1586) was a versatile

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Biography

Francesco Sansovino was born in

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, the son of the sculptor Jacopo Sansovino, but soon moved to

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and later studied law at the universities of

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and

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Works

Sansovino, Francesco – Del governo dei regni e delle repubbliche così antiche come moderne, 1578 – BEIC 13722807

Sansovino is perhaps most known for his 1581 work ''Venetia città nobilissima et singolare, Descritta in XIIII. Libri'', known briefly as ''Venezia Descritta''.Hart, Vaughan, Hicks, Peter (2017). ''Sansovino’s Venice,'' Yale University Press, London and New Haven, He was also a literary critic, writing in particular on

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and Giovanni Boccaccio. * ''Del governo e amministrazione di diversi regni e republiche'' (1562) *
Della materia medicinale
', Venice, Giovanni Andrea Valvassori, 1562. * ''Del governo e amministrazione di diversi regni e republiche'' (1562) ** * ''Dell'origine dei Cavalieri'', Venice, 1566. *''Venetia, città nobilissima, et singolare, Descritta in XIIII libri'' (1581)
1663 edition
*''Le antichità di Beroso Caldeo Sacerdote. Et d'altri scrittori, così Hebrei, come Greci et Latini, che trattano delle stesse materie'' (1583) *''Concetti politici'' (1583) found in ''Propositioni, overo considerationi in materia di cose di Stato, sotto titolo di avvertimenti, avvedimenti civili et concetti politici'' (1588) *

' (1600)

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1521 births 1586 deaths Italian male writers {{Italy-writer-stub