Book of Treasures

A copy of the Book of Treasures

The Book of Treasures (Old French: Li livres dou tresor), also referred to by its modern Italian and French titles Tesoro and Trésor, is a series of manuscripts written in Old French by Florentine politician, poet, historian and philosopher Brunetto Latini.

A compendium of the knowledge of the time, it is regarded as the first encyclopedia written in a modern European language.[1]

  1. ^ D'Agostino, Alfonso (1995). "Itinerari e forme della prosa". Storia della letteratura italiana (in Italian). Rome: Salerno Editrice. p. 558.

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