Stories Of The Renaissance Nyths and Legends

Jean DEFRASNE (Edited and Translated from the French By Barbara Whelpton)

ISBN 10: 0222010010 / ISBN 13: 9780222010018

Published by Burke Books, London , Toronto and New York, 1983

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Contents " Voyages of Discovery - Christopher Columbus, The Unlucky Explorer, Francisco Pizarro, Jacques Cartier and New France, The Astonishing Adventures of John Smith. Combat and Chivalry - Malatesta, The Adventurer, Bayard, the Most Chivalrous of Knights. A Royal Meeting - The Fields of The Cloth of Gold. The Paths of Science - Gutenberg, The Master Printer, Leonardo Da Vinci, Ambrose Pare, The Army Surgeon. The Literary Imagination - Rabelais, The Teller of Tales. The Cult of Beauty - Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini. No Dust Jacket Illustrated laminated hardback, mark on spine where sticker has been attached. Ex school library copy, mark on front left hand endpaper where sticker has been attached, small stain on edge of title page, one small stamp on front endpaper, one on bottom of page 19, page 31 and two on back endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good condition, 191pp Illustrated by Marcellin. New edition dated 1983 published by Burke Books Other titles available in this series and listed on ABE Book#103891.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stories Of The Renaissance Nyths and Legends
• Publisher: Burke Books, London , Toronto and New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0222010010
• ISBN 13: 9780222010018
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Marcellin
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Translated and adapted by Barbara Whelpton from "Episodes et recits de la Renaissance."