Georges duby general editors (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 2. (history, medieval history, medieval, mediaeval, middle ages).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Book Club editions. Complete in five volumes. Tall octavos. Approximately 3,300 pages. Heavily illustrated, mostly in black and white. A near fine set in like jackets (two with a bit more edgewear than the rest, and one tiny tear). The subtitles are: *From Pagan Rome to Byzantium, Revelations of the Medieval World, Passions of the Renaissance, From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War,* and *Riddles of Identity in Modern Times*.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First American Edition. A justly celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, revealing in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world and up to through early Modern times, stretching from the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, to the glitz and glitter of 20th century art and literature. Intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves, kings and commoners, including concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, sexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. A perfectly serviceable set of reference copies, complete in five volumes, Philippe Aries and Georges Duby serving as General Editors, and with individual contributions and volume editors, volume by volume. Nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Each bound in two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed bindings, of various colors. Forward cock to two spines, some smudging to bottom page-tips, moderate wear to two of the illustrated, pictorial dust wrappers, one being chipped and soiled a bit, much less to the others, and with previous owner's embossed stamps and inscriptions to several volumes. Hundreds and hundreds of fine black-and-white and full-color illustrations and photographs, printed on high-gloss paper, and with notes, index and bibliography to each volume. Volume I (1987): From Pagan Rome to Byzantium, by Paul Veyne, ed., translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with contributions by Paul Veyne, Peter Brown, Michel Rouche and Evelynn Parthagen, with ix [2], 2-670 pp.; Volume II: The Revelation of the Medieval World (1988), with contributions by Georges Duby, Dominique Barthelemy and Charles de La Ronciere; by Danielle Regnier-Bohler; by Dominique Barthelemy and Philippe Contamine; and Georges Duby and Philippe Braunstein, with xiii [3], 3-650 pp.; Volume III (1989): Passions of The Renaissance, edited by Roger Chartier, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with chapters by Philippe Aries (Introduction), by Yves Castan, Francois Lebrun and Roger Chartier; by Jacques Revel, Orest Ranum, Jean-Louis Flandrin, Jacques Gelis, Madelained Foisil and Jean Marie Goulemot, and others, with prelims + 1-645 pp.; Volume IV (1990): From the Fires of Revolution To the Great War, edited by Philippe Aries and Georges Duby, with contributions by Michelle Perrot (Introduction) and chapters by her and Anne Martin-Fugier, her and Roger-Henri Guerrand, and by Alain Corbin, with prelims + 1-713 pp.; Volume V (1991): Riddles of Identity in Modern Times, edited by Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent, with contributions by Antoine Prost, Gerard Vincent, Gerard Vincent, Perrine Simon-Nahum, Remi Leveau, Dominique Schnapper, and Kristina Ofrali, Chiara Saraceno, Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann, Elaine Tyler May and others, with prelims + 3-630 pp. 1991. Altogether, the set appears to comprise First American Editions in each case.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. As fine condition and fine-looking a set, complete in five volumes, of A History of Private Life as one will likely find. Structurally sound hardcovers, little discernible wear to the two-tone, brick-red cloth over boards covers, black cloth over spines, gilt lettering to spines, bright interiors, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, little worn, protected by plastic coats. Very slight smudging to some bottom fore-tips, else virtually gift-quality condition inside and out. Editors include Paul Veyne, Georges Duby, Roger Chartier, Michelle Perrot, Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent, and massively well-researched and accessibly written. Imperial octavo hardcover formats, published between 1987 and 1991. Volume I, "From Pagan Rome to Byzantium" (1987), frontis matter, 1-670 pp; Volume II "From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War" (1988), Second Printing, frontis matter, 1-650 pp.; Volume III, a Book-of-the-Month-Club selection, "Passions of the Renaissance" (1989), frontis matter, 1-645 pp.; Volume IV "Revelations of the Medieval World" (1990), frontis matter, 1-713 pp.; Volume V, "Riddles of Identity in Modern Times" (1991), frontis matter, 1-630 pp. Hundreds and hundreds of black-and-white and full-color photographs and illustrations. Each volume deploys a different editor or set of editors. The publisher's blurb has it that, "First of a handsome new series, this book reveals what it was really like to live, work, and die in the ancient world. Beginning with the pagan Romans, the reader discovers behind the vast panorama of empire the intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves, from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception." Translated by Arthur Goldhammer and many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…