{"product_id":"9780199689538","title":"John Aubrey: Brief Lives with an Apparatus for the Lives of Our English Mathematical Writer","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 2015 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritish Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Prize \u003cp\u003eThis is the first scholarly edition of Aubrey's\u003cem\u003e Brief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e since 1898, the first to include the complete text of the three \u003cem\u003eBrief Lives \u003c\/em\u003emanuscripts (including censored and deleted material, title-pages, antiquarian notes, and the indices), and the first to provide a full general and critical introduction and comprehensive commentary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is the first to respect the original arrangement of the Lives in Aubrey's manuscripts. \u003cem\u003eBrief Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is presented as an antiquarian and collaborative text, containing the autograph papers of biographical subjects, the annotations of those among whom the manuscripts circulated, and wax seals. As well as 25 facsimile pages, there are over 160 images, reproducing for the first time all Aubrey's horoscopes, pedigrees, coats of arms, and topographical sketches as they are found in the manuscripts. The text respects the mise-en-page of the manuscript and its status as an incomplete and heavily revised work-in-progress while presenting an edited, rather than a diplomatic, text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe commentary presents extensive new research on manuscript sources including much material not previously known to be Aubrey's or associated with him. It also reflects the state of current scholarship. Each life is introduced by a headnote placing the life in context. This gives the dates and sequence of composition and an account of Aubrey's relationship with the biographical subject, the circulation of knowledge of that subject in Aubrey's circle, and a full account of Aubrey's notes on the subject of the life in other manuscripts and correspondence. Aubrey's biographical informants also have a long note, as do uncompleted or missing Lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016560427248,"sku":"9780199689538","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199689538_p0.jpg?v=1763671407","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199689538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}