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The Floods of the Tiber : With Additional Documents on the Tiber Flood Of 1530 / Luis Go´mez ; translated by Chiara Bariviera, Pamela O. Long and William L. North.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gomez, Luis, -1542, author.
- Series:
- Medieval and Renaissance texts (New York, N.Y.)
- Medieval and Renaissance Texts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Floods--Italy--Rome--History.
- Floods.
- Floods--Italy--Tiber River--History.
- Tiber River (Italy)--History.
- Tiber River (Italy).
- Tiber River Valley (Italy)--History.
- Tiber River Valley (Italy).
- Rome (Italy)--History.
- Rome (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Italica Press, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- "The first English translation of Luis Go´mez's Latin treatise (1531) on the flooding of the Tiber River, including a history of the river and its floods and a discussion of their consequences. It represents a humanist response to dramatic and traumatic environmental catastrophe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements and dedication
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- On the floods of the Tiber
- Sample pages from the 1531 edition
- Transcription of the Latin text
- Documentary appendix: contemporary reports on the flood of
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781599104553
- 1599104555
- OCLC:
- 1377723075
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