Isbn: 9780226092874 - books of the body: anatomical ritual and renaissance learning (9 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

HARDCOVER. Condición: VERY GOOD. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VERY GOOD. FIRST PRINTING (08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01)~AN EXTREMELY CLEAN AND BRIGHT UNMARKED COPY OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. 1. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. We usually see the Renaissance as a marked departure from older traditions, but Renaissance scholars often continued to cling to the teachings of the past. For instance, despite the evidence of their own dissections, which contradicted ancient and medieval texts, Renaissance anatomists continued to teach those outdated views for nearly two centuries. In Books of the Body, Andrea Carlino explores the nature and causes of this intellectual inertia. On the one hand, anatomical practice was constrained by a reverence for classical texts and the belief that the study of anatomy was more properly part of natural philosophy than of medicine. On the other hand, cultural resistance to dissection and dismemberment of the human body, as well as moral and social norms that governed access to cadavers and the ritual of their public display in the anatomy theater, also delayed anatomy's development. A fascinating history of both Renaissance anatomists and the bodies they dissected, this book will interest anyone studying Renaissance science, medicine, art, religion, and society. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. University of Chicago Press, 1999; first edition with full number line; xiv, 266pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; grey and cream quarter-cloth boards also very good; gilt titling remains bright and bold. Toning to spine of jacket. Text is also very good and interior appears free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. …

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels, just a previous owner's bookplate at the paste-down. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.…

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0226092879.…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp xiv, 266. Illustrated dark blue dust jacket with beige lettering. Publisher's beige boards with black buckram spine, lettered in gilt. Illustrations in black and white.ISBN: 0226092879 Very good indeed. In very good dust jacket, with fading at spine and some light shelfwear.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Still in original unopened shrink-wrap. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.