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Pius II
Pius II (1405-1464)

Catholic priest, diplomat, poet, historian, geographer

  • University of Siena

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Commentarii rerum memorabilium
Commentaries
Reject Aeneas, accept Pius
De Europa
De viris illustribus
I commentarii
Æneas Sylvius Piccolomineus, qui postea Pius II. P. M., De viris illustribus
I commentari di Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope
I commentari
De viris illustribus
De duobus amantibus
Bausteine zur Slavischen Philologie und Kulturgeschichte. Reihe B: Editionen N.F., Bd. 20: Historia Bohemica, Band 2: Die fr uhneuhochdeutsche Ubersetzung (1463) des Breslauer Stadtschreibers Peter Eschenloer
De gestis Concilii Basiliensis commentariorum libri II
Bausteine zur Slavischen Philologie und Kulturgeschichte. Reihe B: Editionen N.F., Bd. 20: Historia Bohemica, Band 3: Die erste alttschechische Ubersetzung (1487) des katholischen Priesters Jan Huska
Fides Quarens Intellectum
Bausteine zur Slavischen Philologie und Kulturgeschichte. Reihe B: Editionen N.F., Bd. 20: Historia Bohemica, Band 1: Historisch-kritische Ausgabe des lateinischen Textes
Epistola ad Mahumetem
De gestis Concilii Basiliensis commentariorum
Chrysis
The goodli history of the Ladye Lucres of Scene and of her lover Eurialus
Epistolae familiares
The tale of the two lovers
Enee Silvii Piccolominei postea Pii PP. II De Europa
[Euryalus and Lucreatia.]
Lettere scritte durante il cardinalato
Oeuvres érotiques
The tale of two lovers, Eurialus and Lucretia
Aeneae Silvii De liberorum educatione
Descripcion de Asia (Biblioteca de Colon)
The two lovers
Enee Silvii Piccolominei, postea PII PP. II Carmina
Epistola ad Mahomatem II =
Deutschland, der Brieftraktat an Martin Mayer
Enee Silvii Piccolominei Epistolarium seculare
Briefe
Cosmographia ... in Asiae et Europae ... descriptione
Historia rerum ubique gestarum del papa Pio II
Historia Bohemica =
Der briefwechsel des Eneas Silvius Piccolomini
Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis
Commentariorum Aeneae Syluij Piccolominei Senensis de Concilio Basileae celebrato libri duo
Germania
Storia dei due amanti
Papa II. Pius'un Fatih Sultan Mehmet'e mektubu
Criside
Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Papst Pius II
Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis, qui post adeptum pontificatum Pius eius nominis secundus appellatus est, opera quae extant omnia, nunc demum post corruptissimas editiones summa diligentia castigata & in unum corpus redacta, quorum elenchum versa pagella indicabit
Epístola al Gran Turco
La traduction en moyen français de la lettre anticuriale De curialium miseriis epistola d'Aenas Silvius Piccolomini
The Tale of The Two Lovers
Commentariorvm Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei senensis
Secret memoirs of a Renaissance pope
Eurialus und Lukrezia
Æneas Sylvius Piccolomineus
Here begynneth the egloges of Alexa[n]der Barclay prest
Pii Pont. Max. Decadvm Blondi epitome
Germania [von] Aeneas Silvius und Responsa et replicae ad Eneam Silvium [von] Jakob Wimpfeling
Aeneae Sylvii, poste`a Pii II. Pontificis Romani Commentariorum, historicorum libri III De Concilio Basileensi
Here begynneth the egloges of Alexander Barclay, priest
Selected letters of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini
Dialogo su un sogno =
La discrittione de l'Asia, et Europa
Hofkritik im Licht humanistischer Lebens- und Bildungsideale
Estoria muy verdadera de dos amantes
Aeneae Sylvii... De Bohemorum, et ex his imperatorum aliquot origine ac gestis... historia
Pii. II. Pon. M. Asiae, Evropae q[ue] elegantiss. descriptio
Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope
Chrysis
De duobus amantibus Eurialo et Lucretia
In Europam
Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei ... Opera quae extant omnia
The history of the amours of Count Schlick
Oratio coram Calixto III de obedientia Friderici III
Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope
De remedio amoris
Epistola Enee̜ Siluii Picolominei iuueni non esse negandum amorem dicit
Pij p[a]pe secu[n]di Bulla retractationu[m] o[mn]i[u]m dudu[m] p[er] eum in minoribus adhuc age[n]tem pro. Concilio Basilien[si et] con[tra] Eugenium summu[m] po[n]tificem scriptorum
Enea Silvio Piccolomini-Pius II (1405-1464): een humanistisch paus op de bres voor Europa
Vienna nel'400
Aeneae Sylvii Senensis, S. Rom. Ecclesiae Cardinalis ... De Bohemorum et ex his imperatorum aliquot origine ac gestis ... historia
Historia Gothorum
Aeneae Silvii De curialium miseriis epistola
De curialium miseria
Epistole Enee Siluij
De duobus amantibus Eurialo et Lucretia
Enee Silvii Piisecu[n]dimarimi pontificis philosophi oratoris. poete Laurati. theologii accutissimi
Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis
Lettere scritte durante il cardinalato
Storia di due amanti
Epistola Enee Siluii Picolominei iuueni non esse negandum amorem dicit
Pii secvndi pontificis max. Commentarii rerum memorabilium, quae temporibus suis contigerunt
Tractatus pulcherrimus Enee Siluij, siue Pij pape secundi, de Curialium miseria
Pii II Pontificis Maximi d[e] captione vrbis Co[n]stantinopolitane tractatul[us]
Enee Siluii Piccolominei qui et Pius secundus fuit, dialogus incipit foeliciter
Epistola ad Mahumetum
Aenee Siluii Picolominei qui & Pius secu[n]dus fuit Epistole in cardinalatu edite
Incipit sompnium Enee Siluii poete laureati de fortuna
Prohemio di ser Alexandro Braccio al praestantissimo & excelle[n]tissimo Giouene Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici sopra la traductione duna historia di due amanti co[m]posta dalla foelice memoria di Papa Pio Secondo
Commentariorum Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei senensis
Sigismunda
Travels in Italy
Criside [di] Enea Silvio Piccolomini
De remedio amoris
Proemio di ser Alexandro Braccio al prestantissimo & excellentissimo giouãe Lorẽzo di Pierfrancesco de medici sõp la traductõe duna historia di due amãti cõposta dalla felice memoria di papa pio 2o
Lettera a Maometto II (Epistola ad Mahumetem)
Aeneas Sylvius Eurialus und Lukrezia
Enee Siluii poete laureati duobus amantibus ...
Euriolus und Lucretia
The Commentaries of Pius II
Enee Siluij Senen[sis] cardinalis S[an]cte Sabine Historia Bohemica, notabilis [et] jocu[n]da
Aeneae silvii piccolomini senesis
Dialogus contra Bohemos atque Thaboritas de sacra com munione
The hystorie of the moste noble knight Plasidas, and other rare pieces
Chrysis, comédie latine inédite
Prohemio di ser Alexandro Braccio al prestantissimo & excelle[n]tissimo Giouane Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici sopra la traductione duna historia di due amanti
Epistola siue oratio Pii in conuentu Mantuano
Enee Siluij Picolominei Senens[isce] poete laureati ep[isto]la laudans poeticam eamq[ue] scie[n]cie iuris preferens
La discrittione de l'Asia, et Europa di papa Pio II e l'historia de le cose memorabili fatte in quelle, con l'aggionta de l'Africa, secondo diuersi scrittori ...
Aeneae Sylvii postea Pii II. Pontificis Romani commentariorum historicorum libri III
[Opusculum]
Pii II Pontificis Maximi Historia rerum ubique gestarum
Pii Pont. Max. Decadum Blondi epitome
Aeneae Silvii Piccolomini Senensis qui postea fuit Pius II, pont. max. opera inedita
Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis
Commentariorum Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei senensis
De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Add: De remedio amoris; Epistola retractatoria ad quendam Karolum
Chrysis
Item in der ersten translatze dises büches von Euriolo vnd Lucretia [...]
Descripción de Asia
Hie hebt sich an ein liepliche histori die bapst Pius der ander des namens gemacht hatt von zweÿen liebhabenden menschen [...]
In Europam
[Epistolae familiares]
Historia de dos amantes
Eneas Silvius Piccolomini, Pentalogus
Pii Secundi, Pont. Max. ... Epistola prima[-quinquagesimasecunda]
Hystoria muy verdadera de dos amantes Ervrials franco y Lucrecia sensa que acaescis en la cibdad de Sena enel año de Mil [et] .cccc. [et] .xxxiij. ...
Enee Siluii Piccolominei Senen[sis] cardinal[is] sancte Sabine ad Alfonsum Aragonum regem clarissimum in historiam Bohemicam ...
Historia de duobus amantibus
Aenee Silvii Piccolominei qui & Pius Secundus suit epistole in Cardinalatu edite lege foeliciter
Epístola a Mehmet II
Die Geschichte Kaiser Friedrichs III
Enea Silvio Piccolomini Briefe
De gestis Concilii Basiliensis commentariorum, libri 11
Tractatus pulcherrimus Enee Siluij, siue Pij pape ij de curialiu[m] miseria
Storia di due amanti e Rimedio d'amore
Aeneae Silvii episcopi Senensis, postea Pii Papae II Historia rerum Friderici Tertii imperatoris
The tale of two lovers
Tractatus ad regem Bohemiae Ladislaum de puerorum educatione
Euryalus und Lucretia (De duobus amantibus)(L - D), 1444
Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope
Libellus dialogorum
Germania
Pii. II. Pon. M. Asiae, Evropae q[ue] elegantiss. descriptio
Geschijcht Eurioli ind Lucrecie
Aeneae Sylvii ... De Bohemorum et es his imperatorum aliquot origine ac gestis
Historia rerum
In sacratiss. Passionem dominicam
Aeneas Siluius in Europam
Aenee siluij Pii secu[n]di maximi po[n]tificis
The tale of the two lovers
Enee Siluii Pii secu[n]di maximi pontificis, philosophi, oratoris poete Laureati [et theologi acutissimi
Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei De duobus amantibus historia
De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia
Tractatul[us] p[er] Enea[m] Siluiu[m] editus ad Regem bohemie Ladislaum
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Aeneas Silvius de Piccolomini: österreichische Geschichte
Enee Siluii Piccolominei qui et Pius Secu[n]dus fuit epistole in cardinalatu edite
Aeneae Syluij Piccolominei Sene[n]sis, olim Pij II, Pont. Max., De ortu & authoritate Sacri Romani Imperij lib. I ...
[Epistolae in pontificatu editae]
Epistola ad Mahumetum
Epistola de remedio amoris
Historia Austrialis
Lettera a Maometto II
Abbreuiatio Pii Pont. Max. supra Decades Blondi ab inclinatione Imperii usque ad tempora Iohannis Vicesimi Tercii Pont. Max
De educatione puerorum ad regem Bohemiae Ladislaum
Historia rerum ubique gestarum del Papa Pio II
Pii II, P.M. olim Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei senensis Orationes politicae, et ecclesiasticae
Aeneae Silvii De cvrialivm miseriis epistola, edited, with introduction and notes
Aencae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis
Pij ii Pontificis maximi de captione vrbis Constantinopolitane tractatulus
Commentariorum Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis, de Concilio Basileae celebrato libri duo ...
De duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia
Epistole & varii tractat[us] Pij secu[n]di po[n]tificis maximi
Der briefwechsel des Eneas Silvius Piccolomini
Aeneas Siluius in Europam
The historie of Eurialus and Lucretia
De situ, sita, moribus et conditione Teutoniae
Epistolae familiares
Dyalogus eloque[n]tissimi atq[ue] reuere[n]di patris D[omi]ni Enee Siluij poete laureati atq[ue] Ep[iscop]i Senensis postea Pij pape secu[n]di [con]tra Bohemos atq[ue] Thaboritas habitus de Sacra [Com]munione Corp[or]is [Christ]i
Asia
Sompniu[m] Enee Siluij poete laureati de fortuna
Dialogus
Deutschland, der Brieftraktat an Martin Mayer
[Epistolae in pontificatu editae]
Szymon Askenazy
Szymon Askenazy (1866-1935)

diplomat, historian, academic, politician

  • University of Göttingen, University of Warsaw

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Wczasy historyczne
Książę Józef Poniatowski, 1763-1813
Szkice i portrety
Ksia̜że̜ Józef Poniatowski
Dantzig & Poland
Sto lat zarządu w Królestwie Polskiem, 1800-1900
Dwa stulecia--XVIII i XIX
Napoleon a Polska
Dwa stulecia, 18 i 19
Przymierze polsko-pruskie
Gdańsk a Polska
Rosya - Polska, 1815-1830
Łukasiński
Die letzte polnische Königswahl
Przymierze polsko-pruskie
Książę Józef Poniatowski, 1763-1813
Dantzig & Poland
Sto lat zarzdu w Królestwie Polskiem, 1800-1900
Uwagi
Lukasiński
Prince Joseph Poniatowski
Le Prince Joseph Poniatowski
Dantzig et la Pologne
Ksia̧zȩ Józef Poniatowski, 1763-1813
Fürst Joseph Poniatowski 1763-1813
Fürst Joseph Poniatowski 1763-1813
Łukasiński
Lukasiski
Lukasiski
Przymierze polsko-pruskie
︠T︡Sarstvo polʹskoe, 1815-1830 gg
Sto lat Zarządu w Królestwie Polskiem, 1800-1900
Danzig und Polen
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884-1958)

poet, diplomat, politician

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Mektuplar ve makaleler
Siyâsî ve edebî portreler
Aziz Îstanbul
Eǧil daǧlar
Siyâsi hikâyeler
Çocukluǧum, gençliǧim, siyâsî ve edebî hâtiralarim
Târih musâhabeleri
Eğiil dağlar
Pek Sevgili Beybabacığım
Yahya Kemal'in dünyası
Doğumunun yüzüncü yılında Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
Kendi gök kubbemiz
Edebiyâta dâir
Açiklamali Yahya Kemal antolojisi
Siyâsi hikâyeler [yazan] Yahya Kemal
Selected poems of Yahya Kemal Bayatlı
Eski şiirin rüzgâriyle
Şiirler =
İstanbul
Bitmemiş şiirler
Rubâiler
Ölümünün yirmibeşinci yılında Yahya Kemâl Beyatlı
Yahya Kemalʹden Fuat Bayramoğluʹna Karaçi mektupları
Çocukluğum, gençliğim, siyâsı̂ ve edebı̂ hâtıralarım
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
Bütün cepheleriyle Yahya Kemal
Eğil dağlar
Yahya Kemalʹden Fuat Bayramoğluʹna Karaçi mektupları
Eski şiirin rüzgârıyle
İstanbul
Pek Sevgili Beybabacigim
Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929-1994)

diplomat, journalist

  • Institute of Hispanic Culture, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

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La tentación del fracaso
Marginal voices
Cambio de guardia
La palabra del mudo
Crónica de San Gabriel
La juventud en la otra ribera
Silvio in the rose garden
Antología personal
Las respuestas del mudo
Silvio en el rosedal
Ribeyro, la palabra inmortal
Los geniecillos dominicales
J. R. Ribeyro
La tentación del fracaso
Prosas apátridas
La caza sutil
Las botellas y los hombres
Sólo para fumadores
Cuentos de circunstancias
Cuentos
Atusparia
Teatro
Los gallinazos sin plumas
Vida y pasión de Santiago el Pajarero
Cuentos completos
Cuentos
Tres historias sublevantes
Cartas a Juan Antonio
Edwin Lefèvre
Edwin Lefèvre (1871-1943)

journalist, stockbroker, diplomat

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The making of a stockbroker
Wall Street stories
Reminiscences of a stock operator
Women
Reminiscences of a stock operator
Sampson Rock of Wall Street
The plunderers
Reminiscences of a stock operator
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - Abridged Audio
Golden Flood (Contrary Opinion Library)
Sampson Rock of Wall Street
The golden flood
Reminiscences of a stock operator
To the last penny
Simonetta
H. R
Sampson Rock of Wall Street (Fraser Contrary Opinion Library Book)
The making of a stockbroker
The Making of a Stockbroker (Fraser Contrary Opinion Library Book)
Vospominanii͡a birzhevogo spekuli͡anta
The game got them
Gu piao zuo shou hui yi lu =
Hồi ức của một thiên tài đầu tư chứng khoán
James Jeffrey Roche
James Jeffrey Roche (1847-1908)

journalist, diplomat, poet

  • Saint Dunstan's University

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The story of the filibusters
Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
The v-a-s-e & other bric-à-brac
Songs and satires
Ballads of blue water and other poems
By-Ways of War
Irish literature
Her majesty the king
The Story Of The Filibusters To Which Is Added The Life Of Col. David Crockett
The sorrows of Sap'ed
Life of John Boyle O'Reilly ... together with his complete poems and speeches
Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
By-ways of war
Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
Her majesty the king
The v-a-s-e & bric-a-brac
Her majesty the king
Lucio V. Mansilla
Lucio V. Mansilla (1831-1913)

journalist, diplomat, military personnel

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Mis memorias
Rozas, ensayo histórico-psicológico
Retratos y recuerdos
Retratos y recuerdos
Una excursión a los indios ranqueles
A visit to the Ranquel Indians
Una escursion a los Indios Ranqueles
An expedition to the Ranquel Indians
Una excursión a los indios ranqueles
Mosaico
Horror al vacío y otras charlas
Una excursión a los indios ranqueles
Una excursión a los indios ranqueles
Una excursión a los indios ranqueles
Cuentos del fogón
Una excursion a los indios ranquelès. Edic. y prol. de C. A. Leumann
Narraciones de un porteño [por] Lucio V. Mansilla
Los 7 [i.e. siete] platos de arroz con leche, y otras charlas
Charlas inéditas
Una excursio n a los indios ranqueles
Atar-Gull, drama en cuatro actos y un epílogo
Die letzten wilden Indianer der Pampa
Rozas
Entre-nos
El diario de mi vida
Mis memorias
Entre-nos, Casueries del Jueves
El excursionista del planeta
Mis memorias
Una excursión a los indios ranqueles
Una excursio n a los indios ranqueles
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873)

poet, diplomat, philosopher, politician, translator, opinion journalist

  • Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University

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Lirika. Pisʹma
Russian Poetry and Prose
Polnoe sobranie sochinenii͡ Ḟ.I. Ti͡utcheva
Poems
Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ
Poems & political letters of F. I. Tyutchev
Russkai︠a︡ zvezda
Sochinenīi︠a︡ Ḟ. I. Ti︠u︡tcheva
"O veshchai︠a︡ dusha moi︠a︡!-- "
Polnoe sobranie sochineni
Poems of night and day
Eighty stars from Tyutchev's galaxy
Stikhotvorenii͡a︡, pisʹma
F.I. Ti︠u︡tchev--Rossii︠a︡ i Evropa
"Ty, ty, moe zemnoe providenʹe--"
Lirika
Tyutchev Stikhotvoreniya (Khrestomatiya shkol'nika)
Sochinenii︠a︡
Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ i pisʹma v shesti tomakh
Lichnostʹ i sudʹba Fedora Ti͡u︡tcheva
Politicheskii͡a︡ stat'i
Ti͡u︡tchevīana
Sochineniia
Polnoe sobrane stikhotvorenii v dvukh tomakh
Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ i pisʹma v 6 tt
Vesennie vody
Rossii︠a︡ i Zapad
Selected poems
Lirika
Li︠u︡bli︠u︡ glaza tvoi, moĭ drug--
Russkaya zvezda
Polnoe sobranie stikhotvoreniĭ
Wiersze wybrane
Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ v stikhakh i proze
Problesk
Versions from Fyodor Tyutchev, 1803-1873
Polnoe sobranīe sochinenīĭ
Polnoe sobranīe sochinenīĭ
Russkaya zvezda
Polnoe sobranie stikhotvoreniĭ
Lirika
Novye stikhotvorenii︠a︡
"O veshchaya dusha moya! - "
Zhiznʹ prirody tam slyshna
Izbrannye sochinenii͡a
Lirika
Izbrannye stikhotvorenii͡a︡
Lirika ; Pisʹma
Volshebnai͡a︡ struna
Vesenni︠a︡i︠a︡ groza
Polnoe sobranīe sochinenīĭ
Zarubezhnai︠a︡ poezii︠a︡ v perevodakh F. I. Ti︠u︡tcheva
Стихотворенія
Sochinenii︠a︡ v dvukh tomakh
"Tut t︠s︡elyĭ mir, zhivoĭ, raznoobraznyĭ--"
Silentium!
Sochineniya v dvukh tomakh
Versions from Fyodor Tyutchev, 1803-1873
Fedor Ivanovich Ti︠u︡tchev v pisʹmakh k E.K.Bogdanoĭ i S.P. Frolovu
Tyutcheviana
Politicheskiya stat'i
Izbrannye stikhotvoreniya
Lirika
Vesennyaya groza
Ti︠u︡tchevīana
Izbrannoe
Polnoe sobranie sochinenii..
"I vsë i︠a︡snee chuvstvuetsi︠a︡ svi︠a︡zʹ--"
Stikhotvorenii︠a︡