From Dawn to Decadence

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From Dawn to Decadence
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From Dawn to Decadence

Jacques Barzun
Edition year 2015
Binding Buckram
Illustrator Holly Frean
Volumes 2
Weight 4 Kg
Pages 1024 (total)
Dimensions 10 × 6¾ in

Edition details

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques Barzun. (2v.). Introduced by Peter Conrad. Frontispiece and 32 pages of colour and black & white plates in each volume. Black endleaves. Bound in metallic buckram blocked with a pattern in black and orange. Printed slipcase wrap with portrait paintings by Holly Frean. 1024 pages in total. 10×6¾in.

About the book

Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence surveys five centuries of Western cultural life from the Renaissance to the end of the twentieth century. The book moves through politics, religion, literature, science and the arts, identifying recurring themes and major transformations. Barzun offers an ambitious interpretation of Western civilisation and the ideas that shaped the modern world.

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