Publicado por Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd in Assoc with Open University Press, 1979
ISBN 10: 0706239229 ISBN 13: 9780706239225
Librería: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 27 Illustration Plates. White wraps with greeen titles and b/w illustration quite clean and unmarked, faint wear to extremities, light creasing to spine, tight & solid, square. Internals are quite clean, no markings of any kind. There is a considerable quantity of material from such great figures as Gibbon, Hume, Adam Smith, Johnson, Voltaire, Buffon, Diderot, and D'Alembert. The major texts are backed up by a wealth of additional material, much no longer easily available, which reflects the wide range of issues and styles characteristic of the 18 th century. Major themes include the concept of 'classic' in literature; religion and the debate about Providence; political and economic matters; the Roman Empire and its legacy; architecture, interior decoration and painting; systematic knowledge and science; the problem of patronage. Each excerpt has its own introduction. 264 pages, with Index. 6.2 x 9.2 inches. 1979, Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd in Assoc with Open University Press, Sussex, England.