The Life of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Viri Illustris Nicolai Claudii Fabricii de Peiresc Vita
Latin
1641
466 pages
First Modern Translation
Only antiquated translations exist. This is the first modern English translation.
The search identified an English translation of Gassendi's 'Vita Peireskii' titled 'The mirrour of true nobility & gentility', published in 1657. This 17th-century translation by William Rand is the only complete English version found in the catalogs. No modern scholarly translations were detected in the search results, making a new edition the first modern English translation.
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The mirrour of true nobility & gentility (1657) [complete] source
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Pierre Gassendi’s biography of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc is a masterclass in intellectual dedication. It reveals how one man became the nerve center of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters, connecting the greatest minds of his era through science, history, and pure curiosity.
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