'Its 750 entries range over music, architecture, war, diplomacy, religion, literature and social history as well as the visual arts; the major scholars at London, Berkeley, Oxford and Cambridge write many masterpieces of abridged observation ... a valuable reference work'
The Connoisseur
'Broad in scope and rich in content ... with many illustrations, maps, family trees and comparative tables of succession ... pithy and stimulating ... a unique encyclopaedia'
Italian Studies
Format: Paperback
Size: 21.0 x 14.8 cm
Extent: 360 pp
Illustrations: 237
Publication date: 13 June 1983
ISBN: 9780500201916