Author: NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS (JOHN JULIUS COOPER, 2ND VISCOUNT NORWICH)
Title: Byzantium: The Early Centuries, the Apogee and Decline and Fall (Three Volume Folio Society Set)
Description: London: The Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. A Folio Society three volume edition presenting British historian John Julius Norwich's description of events beginning in the third century (AD) in the Byzantine Empire (also sometimes known as the Eastern Roman Empire), through the 15th century and the Empire's ultimate decline. The author's text is accompanied by two sections of plates in each volume bearing color photos of surviving art, sculpture and artifacts from this era. Also with numerous maps, including at endpapers. --- In full cloth-covered boards with illustrations and titling in gilt to covers and spines. The shared slipcase is not present. --- A tightly-bound, unmarked, sound set lacking significant damages. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxv, 452, xxii, 450, xxi, 537 pages. Near Fine .

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