BOETHIUS. - Boezio della Consolazione volgarizato da Maestro Alberto Fiorentino Co' Motti de Filosofi ed un' Orazione di Tullio Volgarizzamento di Brunetto Latini.

In Firenzi. Appresso Domenico Maria Manni Con Licenza de' Superiore 1735 8vo, 188 x 127 mms., pp. xv [xvi woodcut], 181 [182 woodcut, 183 - 184 Approvazioni], contemporary vellum spine, deckled boards; corners worn, but a very good copy The first Italian translation of Boethius' book was published in 1332, translated by Alberto della Piagentina, known originally as Maestro Alberto Fiorentino. So far as I can tell, this is the first translation into demotic Italian. Brunetto Latini (who signed his name Burnectus Latinus in Latin and Burnecto Latino in Italian (c. 1220–1294) was an Italian philosopher, scholar, notary, politician and statesman. He was a teacher and friend of Dante Alighieri.