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Essays (Montaigne) - The Bordeaux Copy
The Bordeaux copy of the ''Essays'' is a 1588 edition of Michel de Montaigne's ''Essais'' held by the Bibliothèque municipale de Bordeaux. The book contains about 1300 manuscript corrections and annotations made by Montaigne between the summer of 1588 and the 13 September 1592 (date of his death). This unique document sheds light on the way Montaigne worked and on the genesis of the final edition of the ''Essais''. Manuscripts by 16th century authors are very rare and this document is exceptional. The 1588 edition of the ''Essais'' Montaigne published the first two volumes of his ''Essais'' in 1580, printed by w:fr:Simon Millanges, Simon Millanges in Bordeaux. The books' success (1582 - a re-edition published in Bordeaux; a possible re-edition published in Rouen before 1584 and in 1587 a re-edition published in Paris) attracted the interest of the Paris publisher w:fr:Abel L'Angelier, Abel L'Angelier, who, in 1588, published a new modified and expanded version of the ''Essai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Frontispiece
A frontispiece in books is a decorative or informative illustration facing a book's title page—on the left-hand, or verso, page opposite the right-hand, or recto, page. In some ancient editions or in modern luxury editions the frontispiece features thematic or allegory, allegorical elements, in others is the author's portrait that appears as the frontispiece. In medieval illuminated manuscripts, a presentation miniature showing the book or text being presented (by whom and to whom varies) was often used as a frontispiece. Origin The word comes from the French language, French ''frontispice'', which derives from the late Latin ''frontispicium'', composed of the Latin ''frons'' ('forehead') and ''specere'' ('to look at'). It was synonymous with 'metoposcopy'. In English, it was originally used as an frontispiece (architecture), architectural term, referring to the decorative facade of a building. In the 17th century, in other languages as in Italian language, Italian, the term cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
