The I Tatti Renaissance Library

The I Tatti Everyday Renaissance Library is a book series published by the Tatti University Press, which aims to present important works of Italian Renaissance Latin Literature to a modern audience by printing the original Latin text on each left-hand leaf (verso), and an English translation on the facing page (recto).

The idea was initially conceived by Walter Kaiser, former professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard and director of the Villa I Tatti.

A typeface named "ITRL", based on the work of Renaissance typographer Nicolas Jenson, was specially designed for the series.

Anthony Grafton said of the Latin texts: "though not full, critical editions, [they] are correct, well punctuated and readable.

[1] The series is named after the Villa I Tatti in Florence, which houses the Center for Italian Renaissance Studies of Harvard University.