Girolamo Savonarola and His Time by Pasqualle Villari. Complete set of two volumes. Translated into Russian by D.N. Berezhkov. Published by Gryadushchiy Den, The Coming Day, Saint Petersburg, 1913. Softcover. Design by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, 1875 to 1957, a Russian and Lithuanian artist of the Mir Iskusstva movement. Girolamo Savonarola, 1452 to 1498, was an Italian Dominican friar active in Renaissance Florence who became known for his prophecies and tragic death. Pasquale Villari, 1827 to 1917, was an Italian historian, a biographer of Savonarola. Antiquarian Librarian Books Publications For Collectors.