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A Florentine Friendship: Donato Acciaiuoli and Vespasiano da Bisticci*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Margery A. Ganz
Margery A. Ganz*
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Spelman College
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Vespasiano da Bisticci (1421-98), whose busy bookstore brought together most of the great minds of Florence, was a life-long friend of Donato di Neri Acciaiuoli. This essay will examine their relationship. It was in his capacity as merchant that Vespasiano's association with Donato began, but over time it developed into a true friendship. Their correspondence covers the period from 1446 to 1463 with the bulk of the surviving letters dating from the year 1448-49.

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Renaissance Quarterly , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , Summer 1990 , pp. 372 - 383
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Copyright © Renaissance Society of America 1990

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The research for this article was supported in part by a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies. An earlier version was presented in 1987 at the twentyninth Convegno Internazionale di Studi Umanistici, Montepulciano.

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