The image of antiquity : ancient Britain and the romantic imagination / Sam Smiles
by Smiles, Sam
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0300058144
- ISBN 13
- 9780300058147
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About This Item
New Haven [Conn.] : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Contents: 1. The Domain of Antiquity -- 2. The Past and its Meanings -- 3. Northern Heroes and National Identity -- 4. The Bards of Britain -- 5. The Druids -- 6. Ancestors and Others: The Origins of England -- 7. The Image of the Briton -- 8. The Megalithic Landscape -- 9. Garden Design and the Prehistoric Past -- 10. Conclusion. Subjects: To 449; Prehistoric peoples Great Britain Historiography; Celts Great Britain Historiography; Druids and druidism Historiography; Romanticism Great Britain; Britons Historiography; Art, British.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 411206
- Title
- The image of antiquity : ancient Britain and the romantic imagination / Sam Smiles
- Author
- Smiles, Sam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300058144
- ISBN 13
- 9780300058147
- Publisher
- New Haven [Conn.] : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1994
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