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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Modern Library #32.4)
by BURCKHARDT, Jacob
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [c.1957]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting Jacob Burckhardt's look at the "colorful period of Italian life and thought between 1350 and 1550." With details about the arts, fashions, manners and thought of the period. The Swiss-born author first published this work in 1860. It was commended for its treatment of the Renaissance period and social aspects of daily life. Translated by S. G. C. Middlemore, and with an introduction by Hajo Holborn. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with image of a Renaissance-era bridge crossing an Italian river. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 379 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1957 (though 1954 date appears in book). ML #32.4. --- A very well-preserved copy: bright and tightly-bound but with faint penciled notes to last page. Price-clipped dust jacket also in great shape but with penciled notes to rear flap; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" to 7-1/2" tall; xv, 424 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85439
- Title
- The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Modern Library #32.4)
- Author
- BURCKHARDT, Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1957]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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