Histoires Prodigieuses Edition Critique |
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| Author:
| Boaistuau, Pierre
Bamforth, Stephen
Céard, Jean |
| ISBN: | 978-2-600-01395-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Publisher: | Droz, Librairie
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $144.00 |
Book Description:
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Pierre Boaistuau's 1560 Histoires prodigieuses inaugurated the popular genre of illustrated books on monsters and prodigies. While claiming to instruct and edify, the work is as much concerned with entertaining through tales from Satan's deceits and the deaths of powerful people to sea monsters and love.
Pierre Boaistuau's 1560 Histoires prodigieuses inaugurated the popular genre of illustrated books on monsters and prodigies. While claiming to instruct and edify, the work is as much concerned with entertaining through tales from Satan's deceits and the deaths of powerful people to sea monsters and love.