The Age of Voltaire. A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756 de Durant, Will, 1885-1981, & Ariel Durant

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine/Good. 6.63"x9.25" 1196 indexed pages. BCE/BOMC. Red cloth. Gilt letters on front and spine. List of 46 Illustrations in frontal section plus endpaper maps of Byznatine Empire Under Justinian c. A.D. 565; The Baghdad Caliphate C.A.D. 750; Europe c.A.D. 1190. Top edge painted red. DJ design by Joseph B. Del Valle. Authors' photo by Bill Ray. Cloth sewn binding. Preface by Will Durant dated 1949. Tiny square blind-stamped on bottom right corner of back board. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. No price on DJ. DJ has chips and tears to edges. Will require additional postage for weight. A History of Medieval Civilization-Christian, Islamic & Judaic-from Constantine to Dante: AD 325-1300 The Age of Faith surveys the medieval achievements & modern significance of Christian, Islamic & Judaic life & culture. Like the other volumes in The Story of Civilization, this is a self-contained work,… Leer más

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1963. Hardcover_cloth. VeryGood/Good. 6.63"x9.25" 802 indexed pages. BCE/BOMC. Red cloth. Gilt letters on front and spine. List of 59 Illustrations in frontal section plus endpaper maps of United Kingdom, Kingdom of France, Europe in 1715, & Europe after the Peace of Westphalia. Top edge painted red. DJ design by Joseph B. Del Valle. Authors' photo by Bill Ray. Cloth sewn binding. Preface by Will Durant dated 1963. Tiny square blind-stamped on bottom right corner of back board. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. No price on DJ. DJ has chips and tears to edges. Will require additional postage for weight. The Story of Civilization, Volume VIII: A history of European civilization in the period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648-1715. This is the eighth volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning series. Source: Publisher.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1965. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine/VeryGood. 6.63"x9.25" 898 indexed pages. BCE/BOMC. Red cloth. Gilt letters on front and spine. List of 90 Illustrations in frontal section plus endpaper maps of Europe in 1715 after the Teaties of Utrecht & Rastadt; Central Europe about 1789. DJ design by Joseph B. Del Valle. Authors' photo by Bill Ray. Cloth sewn binding. Tiny square blind-stamped on bottom right corner of back board. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. No price on DJ. DJ has small tears to edges. Will require additional postage for weight. Author WILL DURANT was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1977 . He spent over fifty years writing his critically acclaimed eleven-volume series The Story of Civilization. The Age of Voltaire (Volume 9): A biography of a great man and the period he embodied. We witness Voltaire's satiric work in the salons and the theater as well as his banishment… Leer más

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Hardcover_cloth. VeryGood/Good. 6.63"x9.25" 729 indexed pages. BCE/BOMC. Red cloth. Gilt letters on front and spine. List of 59 Illustrations in frontal section plus endpaper maps of United Kingdom, Kingdom of France, Central & Eastern Europe, & Europe after the Peace of Westphalia. Top edge painted red. DJ design by Joseph B. Del Valle. Authors' photo by Bill Ray. Cloth sewn binding. Preface by Will Durant dated 1961. Tiny square blind-stamped on bottom right corner of back board. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. No price on DJ. DJ has chips and tears to edges. Will require additional postage for weight. The Story of Civilization, Volume VII: A history of European civilization in the period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648. This is the seventh volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series. Source: Publisher If there is a linchpin to understanding modern… Leer más