Hard cover with dust jacket kept in mylar cover. Beautiful photographs depicting the richness of Venetian painting.

Ransom, John Crowe

The story of literature in sixteen acts--from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey...

Text: English, German (translation)

In European Urbanization Jan de Vries provides a comprehensive data base for understanding the nature of the changes that took place in European cities from 1500 to 1800. The book is based on an immense systematic survey of the population history of 379...

Book by Parker, Geoffrey

Hard cover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Previous owner has stamped ownership to FEP. Cover is shelfworn, with tanning and foxing both inside and out, notably the spine, with wear and creasing to edges, corners...

In this authoritative volume, specialists from many fields of Jewish studies provide an introduction to the history of the ghetto of Venice and up-to-date scholarship on the subject from the perspectives of various disciplines—including political,...

Fine copy in a VG dust jacket. DJ has wear along the edges and rubbing along the spine seams. DJ's spine is faded.

On the basis of newly available archival evidence, Shea and Artigas reexamine the famed clash of Galileo (1564-1642) with the Catholic Church for espousing the view that the Earth orbits the Sun. Challenging several scholarly and literary interpretations...

The relationship between artists and their patrons has always been a complex and fascinating one. This is especially true of the Habsburg rulers of the 16th and 17th centuries, not only because they are themselves of intrinsic interest, but because the...