Lodovico Guicciardini versus Francesco Sansovino. Dos ediciones de facezie

Abstract

L’hore di ricreatione and Detti et fatti piacevoli et gravi di diversi principi, filosofi, et cortigiani are the same work written by Lodovico Guicciardini. The difference between the two of them is in the dedication and in the title because Francesco Sansovino decided to publish the work without the express consent of its author and changed the dedication and the original title. Sansovino signs this new dedication that is dedicated to M. Gabriello Strozzi, a Florentine gentleman belonging to one of the richest and most important families of Florence since the 13th century. Sansovino’s intention was not to appropriate the work of Guicciardini, he simply decided to publish it in Venice without the consent of the author and changing the dedication in order to entertain Gabriello Strozzi. In the article we present the differences between the two editions focusing on the dedication.