Life and letters of ogier ghiselin de busbecq, the: seigneur of bousbecque, knight, imperial ambassador
Auteur :
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108054560
Date de publication :
9 août 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
450 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains the translated letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92), a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer who acted as Austrian ambassador to the Ottoman empire. Volume 2 contains letters written while Busbecq lived in France and an extensive appendix and index to both volumes.