Published by Thames & Hudson, 2005
ISBN 10: 0500285497 ISBN 13: 9780500285497
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First paperback edition 2005. "One of the most famous books in the world, The Strife of Love in a Dream, read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first translated into English and published by Thames & Hudson in 1999, exactly 500 years after its original publication in Venice. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author, a friar of dubious reputation, was obsessed by architecture, landscape and costume---it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed---and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens."[]"A masterpiece of erotics and exoticism, a daring and sensual book." (Choice) A clean & tight copy, unread in Near Fine condition; despite a slight bump to the lower front corner, quite presentable in French flaps cover.