Grenade Keene Derek (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, very good condition. An exceptionally clean copy throughout with only the lightest of shelfwear to the jacket. DP. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London Topographical Society Publication No.175. Hardback; ink name and date to endpaper, otherwise very good in very good dustjacket. ; (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. Lat. 672). Contemporary account of London, originally written in French and completed in 1578. English and French translations; with notes. The Singularities of London, 1578: Les Singularitez de Londres, noble, fameuse Cite, capital du Royaume d'Angleterre: ses antiquitez et premiers fondateurs. Illustrated. ; 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. English and French language hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear only to the jacket. Content is as unread. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. viii, 288 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps ; 26 cm. This lively, original and informative account of London, originally written in French and completed in 1578, occupies an important place among 16th Century descriptions of the city. The author s text often provides an original and informative view, and presents a good deal of historical, quasi-historical and mythical background. With a distinctly Protestant outlook, he characterises London as a city of peace, good order, good government and charitable institutions. He has much to say about laws and regulations and takes a special interest in London s legal structure.

Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm, viii, 288 pp, ills (some colour), facs., maps ; From the introduction: "In praising London Grenade followed a traditional mode, to which he contributed a distinctive international perspective. He also innovated by drawing on recent popular publications concerning British history and was influenced by a well-known account of Paris. Moreover, in visualising the city and organising his material, he was among the first (if the not the first) of European writers whose approach was shaped by the use of recent maps. For Grenade himself, the most important of the singularities of London was the kindness and charity of its Citizens, who had welcomed and taken in the strangers and refugees, acts that would stand them in good stead at the Last Judgement. " Fine in Fine dustwrapper.