… II and Frederick William II of Prussia, to whom he dedicated a book of French poetry translated from Italian. Zanović’s fame was quick to spread first in Venice and then throughout Europe, although his reputation for charm was marred by his …
… other men, but these sometimes assumed symbolic value disproportionate to their practical substance. The famed Scriblerus Club is a case in point. The club itself met in person only for a few months in 1714. It survived …