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Pierre Boaistuau , known as Pierre Launay (towards 1500, Nantes - 1566, Paris), compiler and writer French.

He was the first editor of the news of Marguerite de Navarre. He is the inventor of two of the kinds most characteristic of second half of the 16th century, the " tragic history " and l'" extraordinary history " , author of one of greatest European successes of its time, the Theater of the World (1558). Given like a translation of Chelidonius, this work makes us visit his library and, of the eclecticism of its preferences.

It is him which made known in Europe the history of Romeo and Juliette), the war makes him horror. It still practices the most invaluable authors and witnesses: Erasme, Jose Clichtove, Clutched, Etienne Dolet ".

Works

  • extraordinary Histoires most memorable which ayent esté observed, since the Nativity of Iesus Christ, iusques with nostre century: Extracted from several famous autheurs, Grecz, & Latin, crown & profane . Paris, Jean Girder & Robert Mangnier 1560. It gathers the strangest stories of monsters, devils, marine animals the such néréïdes, tritons, sirens, fish flying, etc

  • Prodigieuses, extraictes of plusierus famous autheurs, Greeks and Latin, sacez and prophanes: setting in nostre language by P. (B., called Launay), native of Brittany: with the pourtraitcts and figures (...) has Paris. for Vincent Normalize, and Jeanne Bruneau (...) 1566. The extraordinary stories treat wonders operated by the Diable, of the demons and more particularly of the monsters. Main causes of the generation of the monsters, monsters marine, monstrous childbirth, the Siamese ones, monsters semi-man semi-animal, floods and other bizarreries of nature.
  • History of Chelidonius Tigurinus on the institution of Princes Chrestiens and origin of the Kingdoms, Translated of Latin into Francoys… With a draft of peace and war, and another of excellence and dignity of Marriage. Together another hystoire of the false religion of Mahommet, and by which means. Antwerp, Jacques Monnotz, 1570. There be 10 editions since the first of Paris, Sertenas, 1556 until that of Lyon, Stone, in 1585. It is the first complete edition of the other treaties: Peace and war, Excellence of the Marriage is that of Paris, Marnef, 1578. It would seem that these various treaties appeared for the first time in this edition of 1570. An English edition, translated by James Chillester is appeared with London in 1571, with the War and peace treaties and the Excellence of the marriage.
  • the theater of the world
  • fortunate Lovers
  • tragic Stories , translated Matteo Bandello

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