Francois de Belleforest translated the oeuvre of Lodovico Guicciardini.
Taken in combination with Machiavelli's treatises, the Opere inedite offer a comprehensive body of Italian political philosophy before Paolo Sarpi
== Biography ===== Early life ===Francesco Guicciardini was born on 6 March 1483 in the Italian city of Florence, which was part of the Florentine Republic

