Author: George Buchanan
Title: Franciscanus Et Fratres & Operum Poetcorum Pars Altera: In Qua Tragoediae Sacrae Et Exterae.
Description: Heidelberg, In Bibliopolio Commeliniano, 1609. First edition. Leather. A scarce, two volume first edition this collection of George Buchanan's poetical works. The first volume contains the poems Franciscanus et Fratres, El Egiarum, Sylvarum, Hendecasyllabon, Epigrammaton and De Sphaera. The poem Franciscanus et Fratres, remained unpublished for many years for its satirical attack on Franciscan friars and monastic life and made the author hated by the Franciscan order. The second volume consists of Buchanan's poetic compositions in Scots. George Buchanan was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar who gained widespread acceptance and notoriety for his resistance to royal usurpation. In Latin. Two volumes bound in one. In a calf binding. Externally, sound with marks to boards and corners bumped. Library bookplate on front pastedown. Ink inscription to front free end-papers, title page, rear free end-papers and pages 179 and 197 to 199. Internally, firmly bound with light foxing and scattered spotting to pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: George Buchanan Satire Franciscan POetry Satire None
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Title: Franciscanus Et Fratres & Operum Poetcorum Pars Altera: In Qua Tragoediae Sacrae Et Exterae.
Description: Heidelberg, In Bibliopolio Commeliniano, 1609. First edition. Leather. A scarce, two volume first edition this collection of George Buchanan's poetical works. The first volume contains the poems Franciscanus et Fratres, El Egiarum, Sylvarum, Hendecasyllabon, Epigrammaton and De Sphaera. The poem Franciscanus et Fratres, remained unpublished for many years for its satirical attack on Franciscan friars and monastic life and made the author hated by the Franciscan order. The second volume consists of Buchanan's poetic compositions in Scots. George Buchanan was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar who gained widespread acceptance and notoriety for his resistance to royal usurpation. In Latin. Two volumes bound in one. In a calf binding. Externally, sound with marks to boards and corners bumped. Library bookplate on front pastedown. Ink inscription to front free end-papers, title page, rear free end-papers and pages 179 and 197 to 199. Internally, firmly bound with light foxing and scattered spotting to pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: George Buchanan Satire Franciscan POetry Satire None
Price: GBP 650.00 = appr. US$ 928.19 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: FGN11-E-17
- Book number: FGN11-E-17
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