Author : Richard Brathwait
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ISBN 13 : 9781331625735
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)
Book Synopsis Barnabae Itinerarium by : Richard Brathwait
Download or read book Barnabae Itinerarium written by Richard Brathwait and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Barnabae Itinerarium: Or Barnabee's Journal There are books and books: real books, and objects which look like them things - in books clothing, form or semblance. Bamaby's Journal by Richard Brathwaite is no counterfeit; it is a genuine piece of literature, and may indeed be pronounced sui generis. It was the prototype of other and very inferior productions by Masters, Corbet, and others. Brathwaite presents to us, besides, the interesting and unusual spectacle of a man of fortune and position, who to the last hours of a prolonged life devoted himself to literary pursuits with equal ardour and success. There is only one true text of the Journal and that is the original one of 1638, reproduced faithfully by Joseph Haslewood in 1820, in two squat duodecimo volumes, with an elaborate bibliography of that and the authors other works, and a few graphic embellishments. The latter is so exhaustive in its treatment and range, that it is almost as unique editorially as Brathwaite's own effusion is in a literary way. It is, in fact, a monograph, and was to Haslewood a labour of mere love. The research was immense; and the old Westmoreland bard found a commentator more voluminous than the recensor of a Delphin Classic. Like Cervantes (si parva licet, &c.), Haslewood did many other things; but this was his magnum opus, his "Don Quixote." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.