The Civilisation Of The Period Of The Renaissance In Italy By Jacob Burckhardt Authorised Translation By S.G.C. Middlemore In Two Volumes Vol. I. (II.)
Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p.] - Preface [by the translator] - Contents Of The First Volume - [Text]; [colophon]. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - Contents Of The Second Volume - [Text]; [colophon] - [Publisher's advertisement]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printers' name is given in the colophons: 'London: Printed By Spottiswoode And Co., New-Street Square And Parliament Street'.
References
H.R. Guggisberg, ed., Umgang mit Jacob Burckhardt: zwolf Studien (1998); F. Haskell, History and its images (1993), p.331-46; I. Siebert, Jacob Burckhardt: Studien zur Kunst- und Kulturgeschichtschreibung (1991).
Summary Note
The half-titles read 'The Renaissance In Italy Vol. I. (II.)'.
The text is in six parts: (Vol. I.) 1. The state as a work of art; 2. The development of the individual; 3. The revival of antiquity; (Vol. II.) 4. The discovery of the world and of man; 5. Society and festivals; 6. Morality and religion.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper covers lettered 'The Civilisation Of The Period Of The Renaissance In Italy'; spines lettered 'The Renaissance In Italy Burckhardt Vol. I. (II.) Translated By S.G.C. Middlemore', 'R.A.' and C. Kegan Paul & Co.'
Subject
Italy - Civilization - Culture - History - Renaissance
History - Art history - Switzerland - 19th century
History - Art history - Translations from German - Translations into English - Great Britain - 19th century