Lisbon in the Renaissance - Couverture souple

Livre 5 sur 11: Historical Travel

De Góis, Damião; Ruth, Jeffrey S.

 
9780934977364: Lisbon in the Renaissance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0934977364 ISBN 13 : 9780934977364
Editeur : Italica Press, 2008

Synopsis

De Gois was a Portuguese humanist, a friend of Erasmus and his circle, and a writer imbued with the classical learning of his day. His Description was written in 1554 at the height of the city's commercial and cultural influence. It places the city in its geographical and historical setting, surveys its topography and environs, and reviews its major architectural attractions. Ruth's introduction places de Góis in the intellectual and historical context of the age, summarizes previous scholarship on the author and his work, and provides useful notes. This edition also includes reproductions of the full 1598 map of Lisbon published by Braun & Hogenberg and a complete English transcription of their numbered key: an indispensable tool for the topography of the Renaissance city. Introduction, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations, maps.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

De Gois was a Portuguese humanist, a friend of Erasmus and his circle, and a writer imbued with the classical learning of his day. His Description was written in 1554 at the height of the city's commercial and cultural influence. It places the city in its geographical and historical setting, surveys its topography and environs, and reviews its major architectural attractions. Ruth's introduction places de Góis in the intellectual and historical context of the age, summarizes previous scholarship on the author and his work, and provides useful notes. This edition also includes reproductions of the full 1598 map of Lisbon published by Braun & Hogenberg and a complete English transcription of their numbered key: an indispensable tool for the topography of the Renaissance city. Introduction, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations, maps.

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Éditeur
Italica Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0934977364
ISBN 13 
9780934977364
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
126
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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