This is a two-volume biography of the famous Italian poet and scholar, Petrarch. Written by Jacques Fran ois Paul Aldonce de Sade, a French nobleman and antiquarian, and based on the memoirs of Petrarch's contemporaries, the book provides a detailed account of Petrarch's life, loves, and literary works. The book is notable for its vivid descriptions of Renaissance Italy and the intellectual and artistic movements of the time. It will be of interest...