by Michelangelo (Author), Creighton Gilbert (Translator)

The description for this book, Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo, will be forthcoming.

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'Mr. Gilbert has been right in following what he calls the principle of 'complete fidelity.' The original beauty of the sound may be lost, but at least the thoughts and the ideas are saved, something which is scarcely true even of such illustrious translations as those of Emerson or Wordsworth.' -The New York Times Book Review