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French Aeroplanes Before the Great War is a catalog of the
aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the
onset of World War I. Most of these aeroplanes flew - some did not
- some were never even finished - but all of them reflect the
extraordinary vitality and sense of optimism that powered the
aeronautical world before the future of the aeroplane began to
become clearer in wartime. If the Wrights had not flown in 1903,
one of the early French builders would very quickly have won the
laurels for the first flight. Some of the machines appear in these
pages probably for the first time in print; others are rarely seen.
This collection serves as a kind of super Exposition Internationale
de Locomotion Aerienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand
Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these
marvelous aircraft.
Written by Baldasar Castiglione, count of Novilara and an Italian
courtier himself, "The Book of the Courtier" remains as one of the
most important and definitive accounts of Renaissance court life.
Organized as a series of fictional conversations that occur between
the courtiers of the Duke of Urbino in 1507, "The Book of the
Courtier" discusses the expectations of a courtier who must have a
warrior spirit, be athletic, and have good knowledge of the
humanities, classics and fine arts. As the members of the court try
to describe the perfect gentleman of the court over the course of
four evenings they engage in a debate over the nature of nobility,
humor, women, and love in the age of the Italian Renaissance. The
English translation of Leonard E. Opdycke of this important
historical writing is presented here in this edition of "The Book
of the Courtier."
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