Sampson low maidenhead uk (3 risultati)

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Book Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 317 pages. Book has brown binding with gilt titles to front & spine, slight surface marks/slight scuffs, titles to front overwritten in red biro, light wear to spine-ends, light wear to corners, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Page-edges slightly darkened, book has light forward lean. Text is very clean. Nice condition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good to Worn. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good to Worn. There is a large inscription inside the front cover. The jacket has some marks along the top edge, back and front. McBride, Angus ; Eastland, Dick ; Trim, Michael (illustratore).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First UK Edition. Foreword by F.W. Walbank. Dust jacket rubbed & worn to edges. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. No ownership marks. 509pp. tables, index. clean and tight. Western civilization has its roots in the Graeco-Roman World. The influence of the Classical tradition in literature, art, philosophy, science, law and language in the Middle Ages and Modern Times cannot be overrated; and it is still. alive. Today the study of classics has spread to new countries and more people than ever are engaged in it. in schools, in universities or as independent scholars. Tremendous advances in the state of learning have been made in recent decades. One needs only mention the epoch-making decipherment of Linear B as an example. Concisely compiled the Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World supplies up-to-date information on people, places, concepts and institutions in the fields of art, history, law, literature, mythology, philosophy, religion and science. The short and long articles, some 2,300 in all, lucidly survey the numerous and various aspects and achievements of the Classical World. A brief bibliography accompanies many of the articles and there is a general bibliography arranged according to subject as an appendix. There are genealogical, chronological and other tables. A useful index to subjects not treated in separate articles has been added, and the encyclopaedia is lavishly illustrated. It is thus an invaluable reference work for the general reader as well as for all who are interested in any specific field of classical civilization. Size: 4to. B & W & Colour Plates, (illustratore). …