The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648
by Durant, Will; Ariel Durant
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1961. Third Printing. Hard Cover. The Story of Civilization: Part VII. Full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gelit decoration on front cover, t.e.g. (red), maps on endpapers. Illustrated with 40 pages of B&W reproductions. . Corners bumped, some very mild rubbing around corners and head and heel of spine, else fine. NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xviii, 729, (3) pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14076
- Title
- The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648
- Author
- Durant, Will; Ariel Durant
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- HISTORY
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Palatine, Illinois
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