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Giovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. Florio contributed 1,149 words to the English language, placing third after Chaucer (with 2,012 words) and Shakespeare (with 1,969 words), in the linguistic analysis conducted by Stanford professor John Willinsky. (From Wikipedia) More about John Florio:
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5 additional books about John Florio in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Giovanni Florio, un apôtre de la renaissance en Angleterre à l'époque de Shakespeare. (Payot & cie, 1921), by Clara Longworth Chambrun (page images at HathiTrust)- Shakespeare's lost years in London, 1586-1592, giving new light on the pre-sonnet period; showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton and displaying John Florio as Sir John Falstaff (B. Quaritch, 1920), by Arthur Acheson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shakespeare's lost years in London 1586-1592, giving new light on the pre-sonnet period; showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton and displaying John Florio as Sir John Falstaff (Brentano's, 1920), by Arthur Acheson (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Florio's englische übersetzung der essais Montaigne's und Lord Bacon's, Ben Jonson's und Robert Burton's verhältnis zu Montaigne ... (Buchdruckerei Hertzer, Hubert & Fritsch, 1903), by Fritz Dieckow (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shakespeare's lost years in London, 1586-1592, giving new light on the pre-sonnet period. (Brentano's, 1920), by Arthur Acheson (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by John Florio: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Florio, John, 1553?-1625, trans.: The Decameron: Containing an Hundred Pleasant Novels, Wittily Discoursed, Betweene Seven Honourable Ladies and Three Noble Gentlemen (translation sometimes (but uncertainly) attributed to Florio; London: Printed by I. Jaggard, 1620), by Giovanni Boccaccio- Florio, John, 1553?-1625, trans.: The Essayes: or, Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, Knight of the Noble Order of St. Michaell, and One of the Gentlemen in Ordinary of the French King, Henry the Third His Chamber (3 volumes in 1; London: Printed by V. Sims for E. Blount, 1603), by Michel de Montaigne (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625, trans.: Montaigne's Essays (107 essays organized in three books), by Michel de Montaigne (HTML at Renascence Editions)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues; and Necessary Rules and Short Observations for the True Pronouncing and Speedie Learning of the Italian Tongue (page images with search at pbm.com)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Second Frutes (facsimile reproduction of a 1591 edition, with new introduction; Gainesville, FL: Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1953), contrib. by R. C. Simonini (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by John Florio in the extended shelves:- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: De' ragguagli di Parnaso. English (London : Printed [at Eliot's Court Press] for Francis Williams, neere the Royall Exchange, 1626), also by Traiano Boccalini, William Vaughan, and Thomas Scott (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Dictionary Italian & English (Printed by T. Warren for Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry, and Tho. Dicas..., 1659), also by Thomas Roycroft, Thomas Dicas, James Allestry, John Martyn, Thomas Warren, and Giovanni Torriano (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Essais. English (London : Printed by Melch. Bradvvood for Edvvard Blount and William Barret, 1613), also by Michel de Montaigne and William Hole (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Essayes. (D. Stott, 1890), also by Michel de Montaigne and Justin H. McCarthy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Essayes (Printed by M. Flesher for Rich. Royston in Iuie-lane next the exchequer Office, 1632), also by Michel de Montaigne, Martin Droeshout, Richard Royston, Miles Flesher, George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress), and English Printing Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1927), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael, lord of Montaigne (H. Frowde :, 1910), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael, lord of Montaigne (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1910), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael, lord of Montaigne (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1921), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael lord of Montaigne (G. Richards, 1908), also by Michel de Montaigne and Thomas Seccombe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne (J. M. Dent, 1897), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael lord of Montaigne (London, 1904), also by Michel de Montaigne and Thomas Seccombe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael, lord of Montaigne (J.M. Dent and sons ltd.;, 1921), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne (Frowde, 1904), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael, lord of Montaigne (J.M. Dent and sons limited;, 1928), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne (G. Richards, 1908), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michel, lord of Montaigne (J.M.Dent, 1923), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essayes of Michel, lord of Montaigne. (Oxford university press, 1924), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Essays (New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1907], 1907), also by Michel de Montaigne and Adolphe Cohn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essays (Putnam, 1907), also by Michel de Montaigne and Adolphe Cohn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essays of Montaigne. (AMS Press, 1967), also by Michel de Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The essays of Montaigne done into English (D. Nutt, 1892), also by Michel de Montaigne and George Saintsbury (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published. ([London] : Imprinted at the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson, for Thomas Woodcocke, [1578]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Florio's Montaigne (Routledge, 1886), also by Michel de Montaigne and Henry Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: A letter lately written from Rome, by an Italian gentleman, to a freende of his in Lyons in Fraunce Wherein is declared, the state of Rome: the suddaine death & sollemne buriall of Pope Gregory the thirteenth. The election of the newe Pope, and the race of life this newe Pope ranne before hee was aduanced. Thereto are adioyned the accidentes that haue fallen out, not onely in Rome, but in Naples & other parts of the worlde also. Newely translated out of Italian into English by I.F. (Imprinted at London : By Iohn Charlewoode dwelling in Barbican, at the halfe Eagle and the Key, 1585) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Montaigne's essayes (G. Richards, 1908), also by Michel de Montaigne, Thomas Seccombe, and Hanson and Co Ballantyne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Most copious and exact dictionarie in Italian and English (Ann Arbor : University Microfilms, Inc., [197-?], in the 1970s) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: A Shorte and briefe narration of the two navigations and discoveries to the northweast partes called Newe Fraunce first translated out of French into Italian by that famous learned man Gio : Bapt : Ramutius, and now turned into English by John Florio; worthy the reading of all venturers, travellers, and discoverers. (H. Bynneman ..., 1580), also by Jacques Cartier (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: The tempest (Cassell & company, limited, 1887), also by William Shakespeare, Michel de Montaigne, John Harington, Lodovico Ariosto, and Henry Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Vocabolario italiano & inglese (Printed at London : By Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount, 1598) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Florio, John, 1553?-1625: Voyages. 1 and 2. English (Imprinted at London : By H. Bynneman, dvvelling in Thames streate, neere vnto Baynardes Castell, Anno Domini. 1580), also by Jacques Cartier (HTML at EEBO TCP)
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