The book presents translations from Latin and Italian of the XVI century. works of outstanding Italian humanists of the Renaissance - Francesco Petrarch, Coluccio Salutati, Conversini da Ravenna, Leonardo Bruni Aretino, Poggio Bracciolini, Lorenzo Balla, Marsilio Ficino, Francesco Guicciardini Almost all texts are published in Russian for the first time. In the works of humanists of different genres (dialogues, treatises, letters, historical works, etc.), ideological specificity, philosophical searches, historical and political ideas characteristic of Italian humanism found a vivid and versatile expression.