The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment
by Cobban, Alfred (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. (1970). First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, silver lettering on spine and cover, black endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 589 illustrations (173 color plates and 416 photographs, engravings, drawings, floor-plans, and maps). Includes texts by Alfred Cobban, John Summerson, W.H.G. Armytage, D.C. Coleman, K.G. Davies, J.R. Western, L.D. Ettlinger, Robert Shackleton and Olwen H. Hufton. . Text pages browning but supple; the glossy pages with illustrations not affected, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket has some mild edge-wear and a couple of closed tears, but is now in Mylar. A large, heavy book (seven pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Color Plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 360 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29019
- Title
- The Eighteenth Century: Europe in the Age of Enlightenment
- Author
- Cobban, Alfred (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (1970)
- Keywords
- History, Enlightenment, 18th Century, Europe, European History, Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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