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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 133 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375 Knowledge History. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Influence. Virgil Parodies, imitations, etc. Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375. Italian literature Roman influences History and criticism. 3 Kg.

Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2015. First edition. In-8, xii & 366 pages. Original cloth with dust-jacket, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Contents: How did we get here? -- Forging First Nature. The Paleolithic landscape ; Neolithic revolutions ; The spread of farming culture ; Uruk and Egypt, the great powers ; The primacy of landscape in West Asia ; Mediterranean trade and regional cooperation -- Perseverance and Attack. The Greek link between landscape and cosmology ; Roman agriculture : three case studies ; Medieval Christian ecological understanding ; Muslim ecological understanding ; Renaissance landscape and food ; Mechanistic models and romantic wilderness -- Age of Crisis. Silence, loss, and catastrophe ; The modern Mediterranean -- What is to be done? Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Fauna & Flora, Mesopotamia, Rome, Greece & Aegean.