Histoire Naturelle Des Indes. The Drake Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library - Brian, Patrick O' (Foreword by)
The Drake Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library
KORTE INHOUD
In 1983, The Pierpont Morgan Library received, as the bequest of Clara S. Peck, an extraordinary volume whose beautiful paintings and descriptions document the plant, animal, and human life of the Caribbean late in the sixteenth century. Spaniards had already begun to exert influence over the indigenous people of the area when explorers from England and France arrived, among them Sir Francis Drake. The book, known as "The Drake Manuscript", and titled Histoire Naturelle des Indes when it was bound in the eighteenth century, gives us a wonderful picture of daily life at the time of Drake's many visits to the region. Although Drake's connection to the manuscript is uncertain, he is mentioned on more than one occasion by the authors. Drake himself is known to have painted, but none of his work survives. The work presented, here in full facsimile for the first time, is from the hands of two or more artists, most likely French, and the descriptions are French as well. Patrick O'Brian gives us a fascinating account...
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1996Uitgever: New York, W.W. Norton & Company272 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0393039943ISBN-13: 9780393039948Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's green cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, 4to: xxiv text, complete reproduction of the manuscript with about 150 coloured illustrations [252pp.], pages 253 to 272pp. translations of the original French text into English. London, Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1996 [Auteur: CHARLES E. PIERCE JR./O'BRIEN, PATRICK/RUTH S. KRAEMER [ED.]./VERLYN KLINKENBORG] [Jaar: 1996] [Titel: Histoire Naturelle des Indes. The Drake Manuscript in The Piermont Morgan Library.]
