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| | ISIDORE of SEVILLE., Etymologiae. [Bound after:] PICCOLOMINI, Aeneas Sylvius (Pope Pius II). Epistolae familiares. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Full page woodcut of the tree of consanguinity, circular woodcut map, numerous small woodcut symbols in the Etymologiae, initials supplied throughout both works in red and blue alternately, very large decorative initial at beginning of the Epistolae. |
 | | The Etymologiae is here preceded by the third edition of the Epistolae Familiares, the important correspondence of Aeneas Sylvius (later Pope Pius II) with nearly every scholar of his time, first as 'poeta laureata', then as cardinal and archbishop. |
 | | The recipients and writers of the letters include the Emperors Sigismund and Frederick III, Ladislaus of Hungary, Wenceslaus of Bohemia and many others, and the subjects include politics, family problems, Church policy, the crusade against the Turks, and comment on other topics which the author encountered in his varied and notable activities. |
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