Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts (died c. 1557), French translator, was born in Picardy.
[1] Herberay des Essarts served in the artillery.
At the express desire of Francis I, he translated into French the first eight books of the Spanish work Amadís de Gaula (1540–48).
The remaining books were translated by other authors.
[1] The Amadis de Gaula was translated into English by Anthony Munday in 1619.