A History of Private Life complete in five volumes
1987rif. 362343Cambridge Massachusetts: The Belknap Press at Harvard University 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. As fine condition and fine-looking a set complete in five volumes of A History of Private Life as one will likely find. Structurally sound hardcovers little discernible wear to the two-tone brick-red cloth over boards covers black cloth over spines gilt lettering to spines bright interiors unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jackets illustrated little worn protected by plastic coats. Very slight smudging to some bottom fore-tips else virtually gift-quality condition inside and out. Editors include Paul Veyne Georges Duby Roger Chartier Michelle Perrot Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent and massively well-researched and accessibly written. Imperial octavo hardcover formats published between 1987 and 1991. Volume I "From Pagan Rome to Byzantium" 1987 frontis matter 1-670 pp; Volume II "From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War" 1988 Second Printing frontis matter 1-650 pp.; Volume III a Book-of-the-Month-Club selection "Passions of the Renaissance" 1989 frontis matter 1-645 pp.; Volume IV "Revelations of the Medieval World" 1990 frontis matter 1-713 pp.; Volume V "Riddles of Identity in Modern Times" 1991 frontis matter 1-630 pp. Hundreds and hundreds of black-and-white and full-color photographs and illustrations. Each volume deploys a different editor or set of editors. The publisher's blurb has it that "First of a handsome new series this book reveals what it was really like to live work and die in the ancient world. Beginning with the pagan Romans the reader discovers behind the vast panorama of empire the intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family the roles of women chastity and contraception." Translated by Arthur Goldhammer and many others.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. The Belknap Press at Harvard University hardcover
