Opis: The Mirror of the World (Classic Reprint) - Uzanne Octave

Excerpt from The Mirror of the World

"Most people living in this world do not know it, for the same reason that cockchafers do not know natural history." Chamfort.

Opolymathic and particular readers, come hither... and make your confession! - At the mere sight or mention of this title, The Mirror of the World, will you not pour on our head a complete and brilliant "middle-agey" bibliography, and uselessly disturb the dust of the rarest ineunabulas - Yes, certainly, we possess already the Speculum vit human of Rodericus Zamorensis, also the Speculum human salvationis, brought again to light by the learned brother Johann, of the monastery of Saint-Ulrich, and finally the Speculum triplex of Vincent of Beauvais, without forgetting the most illustrious Myrrour of the World, the first beautiful work with engravings published in England, and printed in Westminster Abbey, by William Caxton, somewhere about 1581. - Is this all

Prithee, gentlemen, calm your erudite ardour, and cease to drone over this book the litanies of your reflective memory.

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Szczegóły: The Mirror of the World (Classic Reprint) - Uzanne Octave

Nazwa: The Mirror of the World (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Uzanne Octave
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330295212
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 174
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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