| LC control no. | no 94012157 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium |
| Variant(s) | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus illustrium virorum |
| Form of work | Collective biography |
| Beginning date | 1355 |
| Ending date | 1374 |
| Found in | Traite des mesaduentures de personnages signalez 1578. Serie delle edizioni delle opere di Giovanni Boccacci, 1967: p. 20 (De casibus virorum illustrium used as gathering point for translations of the work) Grande dizionario encic. utet, 1967 (under Boccaccio, Giovanni, De casibus virorum illustrium) Encic. ital.: (under Boccaccio, Giovanni, De casibus illustrium virorum) Wikipedia, March 26, 2013 (De Casibus virorum illustrium is an encyclopedia of historical biography and a part of the classical tradition of historiography. It deals with the fortunes and calamities of famous people starting with the biblical Adam, going to mythological and ancient people, then to people of Boccaccio's own time in the fourteenth century; Boccaccio wrote the core of his work from about 1355 to 1360 with revisions and modifications up to 1374) |
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