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THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET… door Enguerrand Monstrelet
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antiquary | 2 andere besprekingen | Dec 16, 2017 | Volume one of the 1840 translation of the Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. The translator was the same Thomas Johnes who did Froissart at about the same time. EM took up where Froissart stopped in 1399, with the fall of Richard II, and carries the story up to 1467, when a further writer runs it up to 1516. This edition I'm using, doesn't appear to be a reprint, but part of the original printing in 1840! I am handling a book 175 years old, whose well sewn binding and 3/16"cardboard covers are still original! It's got 1" margins and old etchings. But EM is not the writer that Froissart was, and the prose is relatively lifeless. On the other hand, EM does copy out peace treaties verbatim, and has the indictment of Joan d'Arc written out in full as well.
Volume one cuts off in 1435, and Volume two will be shorter than Volume one, by page count. Also, Johnes was a victim of fifteenth century spelling, and several of the characters have appeared with different names but similar homophones. It is distracting on occasion, especially when the people change sides, and spelling, at the same time.½
Volume one cuts off in 1435, and Volume two will be shorter than Volume one, by page count. Also, Johnes was a victim of fifteenth century spelling, and several of the characters have appeared with different names but similar homophones. It is distracting on occasion, especially when the people change sides, and spelling, at the same time.½
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DinadansFriend | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 14, 2015 | From COPAC listing:
Monstrelet's narrative concludes with the year 1444; continuations to 1516, all or in part variously attributed to Jacques du Clercq, Pierre Desrey, and others.
Edited by Denis Sauvage.
Headpieces; historiated and floriated initials; printed marginal notes.
Printer's device on title pages.
The colophons of vols. 1 and 2 bear the date 1589.
Vol. 3 is in two parts, with distinct pagination, the second containing the continuations by other writers.
Monstrelet's narrative concludes with the year 1444; continuations to 1516, all or in part variously attributed to Jacques du Clercq, Pierre Desrey, and others.
Edited by Denis Sauvage.
Headpieces; historiated and floriated initials; printed marginal notes.
Printer's device on title pages.
The colophons of vols. 1 and 2 bear the date 1589.
Vol. 3 is in two parts, with distinct pagination, the second containing the continuations by other writers.
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JamesBoswell | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 10, 2012 | Onze site gebruikt cookies om diensten te leveren, prestaties te verbeteren, voor analyse en (indien je niet ingelogd bent) voor advertenties. Door LibraryThing te gebruiken erken je dat je onze Servicevoorwaarden en Privacybeleid gelezen en begrepen hebt. Je gebruik van de site en diensten is onderhevig aan dit beleid en deze voorwaarden.