Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times Tapa blanda - 2000

Cambridge University Press, 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780521578929

Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 490 pages. Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison and Steele's Spectator, it is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading. Light pencil marking to preface, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 384037

The book is in excellent condition. See photos. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1986. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 22.7 x 15.3 x 2.7 cm. An excellent copy in great condition. Only faint wear to cover. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Publisher's note: Public masquerades were a popular and controversial form of urban entertainment in England for most of the eighteenth century. They were held regularly in London and attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people from all ranks of society who delighted in disguising themselves in fanciful costumes and masks and moving through crowds of strangers. The authors shows how the masquerade played a subversive role in the eighteenth-century imagination, and that it was persistently associated with the crossing of class and sexual boundaries, sexual freedom, the overthrow of decorum, and urban corruption. Authorities clearly saw it as a profound challenge to social order and persistently sought to suppress it.The book is in two parts. In the first, the author recreates the… Leer más

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Softcover. Good Condition. 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.7 cm. A few superficial blemishes and imperfections to cover. Pages unmarked and uncreased. All in all, a good used copy. Publisher's note: Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was first published in 1711. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading Size: 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.7 cm. xxxvii, 490 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Philosophy, British -- 18th century; ISBN: 0521578922. ISBN/EAN: 9780521578929. Add. Inventory No: 240219SWQ010063. . 9780521578929

Cambridge University Press, 2000-03-13. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This important Enlightenment text ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts, and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. This volume, first published in 2000, presents an e

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

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Cambridge Univ Pr, 2000. Paperback. New. 490 pages. 12.00x6.00x1.25 inches.