A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Acciaiuoli, (Madeleine Salvetti)
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ACCIAIUOLI, (MADELEINE SALVETTI) an Italian Poetess. Died 1610.
The wife of a gentleman of Florence, who was no less celebrated for her attachment to polite literature, to which she devoted great part of her time, than for her virtue, exquisite beauty, and the fine taste which was conspicuous in her poetical works. Two volumes in quarto were published at Florence in 1590, principally consisting, according to the custom of the age, particularly in France and Italy, of poems in praise of the grand duke and duchess. She left an unfinished epic poem, entitled David persecuted.
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