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THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY: AN ESSAY

by Jacob Burckhardt

Published by Phaidon Press Ltd.. 4th. 1951

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Fourth Edition, revised. In this work Burckhardt traced the cultural patterns of transition from the medieval period to the awakening of the modern spirit and creativity of the Renaissance. Phaidon Pocket Series. Complete and Unabridged. Red cloth boards, gilt titles on brown title blocks. B/w plates to rear. xxiii and 462 pages including index.

Some light mottling to boards and a few minor marks. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and a few scattered foxspots, mainly to text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, rubbed at edges and a little grubby.

Stock no. 1831193

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Contents

  • SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
  • FIRST PART
  • THE STATE AS A WORK OF ART
  • SECOND PART
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL
  • THIRD PART
  • THE REVIVAL OF ANTIQUITY
  • FOURTH PART
  • THE DISCOVERY OF THE WORLD AND OF MAN
  • FIFTH PART
  • SOCIETY AND FESTIVALS
  • SIXTH PART
  • MORALITY AND RELIGION
  • APPENDIX

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