Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts

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Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts (d. about 1557), French translator, was born in Picardy.

He served in the artillery, and at the expressed desire of Francis I he translated into French the first eight books of Amadis de Gaula (1540-1548). The remaining books were translated by other authors.

His other translations from the Spanish include L'Amant maltraite de sa mye (1539); Le Prèmier Livre de la chronique de dom Flores de Grèce (1552); and L'Horloge des princes (1555) from Antonio de Guevara. He also translated the works of Josephus (1557).

The Amadis de Gaula was translated into English by Anthony Munday in 1619.

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.