Folio Society Wonders Of The World & Cities And Civilisations
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:7000707 | Publisher: Folio Society |
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions"CITIES AND CIVILISATIONS" by Christopher Hibbert, very well illustrated with colour photographs, published in 2003 by The Folio Society - first FS printing. Large format hardback book with a slip case. Indexed.
Hibbert creates his narrative by using specific cities/civilisations at a particular period in time.... The subdivisions of the books are:The Ancient City. Thebes, Athens and RomeThe Developing City. Nine cities, mainly European and 13th to 19th century. Includes London 1666-1723The Modern City. A look at New Orleans, Tokyo, Berlin, Moscow, New York and SIZE (all approx): LARGE format 30x23cm, 277 pages, 1.73kg before packing.
"WONDERS OF THE WORLD"by various authors, introduced by Simon Goldhill and very well illustrated with photographs, published by The Folio Society in 2006. Hardback book in a slipcase. Indexed.
This is a very large format book which is presented in four sections as follows:Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldSeven Wonders of the Medieval WorldSeven Wonders of the Renaissance WorldSeven Wonders of the Modern WorldSIZE: (all approx) 29x24cm, 307 pages, 2.1kg before packing (including slipcase)
CONDITION: Unread condition - there is a little damage to the slipcase see last image. The are no names, dates, inscriptions, etc. Please refer to the pictures.