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Rich and Poor in Renaissance Venice: The Social Institutions of a Catholic State, to 1620
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; bw illustrated title page; x, 689 pp; bw illustrations, some folded. Contents include: Part One: the Scuole Grandi. The Scuole Grandi: the first principles and their later development ; The orders of rich and poor ; Brothers and outsiders: The Scuole Grandi and the Venetian people ; Pomp and office: the citizens and the Scuole Grandi ; The acquisition of property and the service of the state ; Wealth and its uses -- Part II: The New Philanthrop. Hospitals during the fifteenth century ; New inspirations and incentives ; Poor laws and private societies, 1528-1540 ; The Enforcement of the poor laws: towards a social policy, 1540-1577 ; The supervision of charities and the correction of abuses, 1540-1600 ; Educational charity and moral reform, 1540-1620 -- Part Three: Venetian Jewry and the Minti Di Pieta. The early Jewish bankers and the first Monti di Pieta ; Foundations of the Ghetto, 1509-1537 ; The Turn of the screw, 1541-1571 ; The Jewish economy,1571-1618 ; The extension of the Monti-di Pieta, 1550-1620 ; The uses and abuses of the Monti di Pieta. Includes bibliographical references (pages 652-671) and indexes. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are otherwise clean and clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 185071
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 | £UK 51 | JP„ 10108]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Venice, Italy History; Catholic Church ; ;
Lettres Sur le Prejudice Qu'Occasionneroient Aux Arts Et a la Science, le Deplacement Des Monumens de L'Art de L'Italie, le Demembrement de Ses Ecoles, Et la Spoliation de Ses Collections, Galeries, Musees, Etc.
Rome, [not identified], 1815. Softcover. Plain blue paper wraps, 98 pp, no illustrations, pages are untrimmed. Text is in French. Translated from title page: "New edition, made on that of Paris of 1796.". Title half page reads: "Lettres sur le projet d'enlever les monumens de l'Italie" (Letters on the project to remove the monuments of Italy). "Seven letters originally written in 1796 to General Francisco de Miranda. The letters were reprinted in 1839, together with a collection of letters written by Quatremčre de Quincy to Antonio Canova, under the collective title: Lettres sur l'enlčvement des ouvrages de l'art antique a Athčnes et a Rome" -WorldCat record. VG (loose covers, some loss to paper covers, light soiling to wraps and pages, several pencil marks throughout. Age toning to pages as expected but text is clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 180822
USD 300.00 [Appr.: EURO 275.5 | £UK 234.75 | JP„ 46653]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Art and State in Italy, Italian Cultural Policy ; ;
Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic
Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; red dj with black lettering, mylar cover; ix, 355 pp. Contents: Romans and Greeks: a closer acquaintanceship -- Rome and the Italian background -- Patterns of intellectual life -- Greek writers and their readers -- Intellectuals in Rome I -- Intellectuals in Rome II -- Towqards public patronage -- Grammatica: the study of language -- Dialectica -- Rhetoric -- The mathematical arts -- Medicine -- Architecture and allied subjects -- Law -- Historiography and allied subjects -- Antiquarianism -- Geography and ethnography -- Grammatica: 'the part dealing with writers' -- Philosophy -- Theology and the arts of divination. Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pen mark to block. Pages are clean and clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 184594
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.5 | £UK 35.25 | JP„ 6998]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Roman History ; ;
Hitler's Children: The Hitler Youth and the Ss
Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with black spine lettering; white dj with black lettering and bw illustration; xii, 354 pp; bw illustrations. Examines the relationship that developed between the Hitler Youth and the SS, and the mark they made on the National Socialist movement and on history itself. Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The formation of a generational alliance -- 3. Unifiers, delinquents, enforcers -- 4. Policeboys, informers, rebels -- 5. Peasants, farmers, warriors -- 6. Imperialists, colonists, exploiters -- 7. Contestants, boxers, combatants -- 8. Pied pipers for an elite -- 9. The final sacrifice -- 10. Conclusion. Good+ (ex-library with stamps and labels on dj spine, block, end pages, inside rear cover. Soiling to upper text block. Some underlining of text. Pages are otherwise clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 184172
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69 | £UK 58.75 | JP„ 11663]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Hitler, German History ; ;
The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: That Is, to the End of Commonwealth, Volume X.
London, J. and P. Knapton, 1745. Leather bound. Brown leather boards, five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering; bw frontispiece; [30] 352 pp. Volume 10 of a 16 volume set. Text is in English translated from French. Good (front board is unattached, age toning as expected with age but text is otherwise clear.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 182966
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69 | £UK 58.75 | JP„ 11663]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Roman History ; ;
Documents Per L'Historia de la Cultura Catalana Mig-Eval
Barcelona, Institue d'Estudis Catalans, 1921. Hardcover. Three quarters brown leather and brown cloth boards, five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and tooling, marble decorative end pages, bw folded facsimile frontispiece, XXXVI, 486 pp. Text is in Catalan. Includes index. Good (overall heavy wear to boards, first few pages are loose, age toning to pages and pages are brittle; text and illustrations are clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 179574
USD 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 165.5 | £UK 141 | JP„ 27992]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Catalonia, Medieval Spain ; ;
An Index of Hereditary English, Scottish, and Irish Titles of Honour
Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co, 1968. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, ix, 205 pp, no illustrations. "An index of the Peerages and Baronetages of the United Kingdom, showing the date when each separate title was conferred, the changes which they underwent, and their present condition, whether existent, modified, dormant, or extinct. It is therefore a guide or reference to the existing and extinct Peerages and Baronetages of England, Scotland, and Ireland." preface. VG (stain on front board, interior clean and tight) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 174060
USD 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.5 | £UK 26 | JP„ 5132]
Catalogue: History- European
Keywords: History- European ; Peerages, Baronetages of U.K. ; ;
Warszawa Wczoraj / Yesterday's Warsaw / Warschau Gestern
Gliwice, Wokol Nas, 1998. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, yellow dust jacket with color illustration and white lettering, unpaginated, 99 bw illustrations throughout. Colored map on one folded leaf laid in. Text in Polish. Introduction in parallel Polish, English and German. VG/VG .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 179641
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69 | £UK 58.75 | JP„ 11663]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Poland; Warsaw History ; ;
Polen Und Seine Helden IM Letzten Freiheitskampfe: Nebst Einem Kurzen Abriss Der Polnischen Geschichte Seit Ihrem Beginne Bis Zum Jahre 1830. Erster Band and Zweiter Band
Stuttgart, Scheible, 1834. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one; bllue paper boards; gilt lettering on a red title block on spine; 328 pp. 368 pp, 338-344 pp, 11 bw plates. Text is in German. Poland and Its Heroes in the Last Freedom Struggle: Along with a Brief Outline of Polish History From Its Beginning Until 1830. Volume 1 and Volume 2. Good (scuffing and overall shelfwear to boards, pages age toned with some foxing spots, binding is secure and text is otherwise clean and clear) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 189611
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 82.75 | £UK 70.5 | JP„ 13996]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Polish History ; ;
British Military Uniforms 1768-1796: The Dress of the British Army from Official Sources
London, Arms & Armour Press, 1975. Hardcover. Black paper boards with gilt lettering on spine, white dj with color illustration on front cover, 384 pp includes 72 bw plates. "This volume records the changes in the dress of the British Army from the year of the most important warrant regarding dress (1768) to the year of the next mian landmark in uniform history (1796), presenting much information never before published. Here, verbatim, are official records, warrant orders and instructions extracted from the Public Reocrd Office, The War Office Library and the National Army Museum records." - book jacket. Includes index and bibliographic notes. VG-/Good+ (slight wear to block edges but interior is clean and tight/ dj has shelf wear and small tears/aging) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 174150
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69 | £UK 58.75 | JP„ 11663]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; British Military Uniform ; ;
The Renaissance in Italy
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1893. Hardcover. Burgundy boars with gilt stamped lettering. vi, 354 pages. Taken from the work of J.A. Symonds by Lieutentant-Colonel. A. Pearson. Includes index. Good+ binding a bit loose at spine, light to moderate wear to extremities, rubbing and light discoloration/foxing to interior, frontispiece loose front binding.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 172220
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.75 | £UK 31.5 | JP„ 6220]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History, Italian Renaissance ; Italian Renaissance ; ;
A Circumstantial Account of the Preparations for the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles the Second: And a Minute Detail of That Splendid Ceremony with All the Particulars Connected with It; Including the Installation of Knights, Creation of Peers, & C. : To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Landing, Reception, and Journey of His Majesty from Dover to London
London, T. Baker, 1820. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, bw heraldic frontispiece; 131 pp; 9 additional unnumbered leaves of plates; illustrations and facsimiles. Illustrations: frontispiece and other plates of coronation robes, crowns and regalia, also a facsimile of a certificate of authenticity in the hand of Sir George Nayler Clarenceux king-of-arms. From an original manuscript by Sir Edward Walker Knight, Garter Principal King at Arms at that period. Fair (cloth spine missing, front cover loose, foxing spots throughout, text pages are mostly clear, foxing spots to plates and guard sheets) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 189729
USD 475.00 [Appr.: EURO 436.25 | £UK 371.75 | JP„ 73867]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Charles II, King of England ; ;
Nazi Propaganda: The Power and the Limitations
London / Totowa, N.J. Croom Helm / Barnes & Noble Books, 1983. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; black and tan illustrated dj with mylar cover; 228 pp. Contents: Introduction / David Welch -- Hitler's impact on the lower middle class / Lothar Kettenacker -- Goebbels and the function of propaganda / Richard Taylor -- Nazi architecture, a blueprint for world domination / Jochen Thies -- Educational film propaganda and the Nazi youth / David Welch -- Structures of consensus and coercion / Stephen Salter -- Propaganda, autarky, and the German housewife / Jill Stephenson -- Nazi propaganda in Occupied Western Europe / Gerhard Hirschfeld -- Nazi film propaganda in Occupied France / Franēois Garēon -- How effective was Nazi propaganda? / Ian Kershaw. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index. VG-/VG- (ex-library with stamps and labels on dj spine, block, front and rear end pages. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 184142
USD 145.00 [Appr.: EURO 133.25 | £UK 113.5 | JP„ 22549]
Catalogue: European History
Keywords: European History ; Nazi Propaganda, Political Parties ; ;