Liber chronicarum
kommentiert von Rudolf Pörtner
Better known as the "Nuremberg Chronicle", it is a densely illustrated (over 1800 woodcuts)universal world history first published in Latin circa 1493.
Read Time: ~3.3 hr
Poetics
by Stephen Halliwell (1987)
About this book
One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on tragedy.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story Era1800s / Victorian
Protagonist / CorePoetics Lead Character
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