{"product_id":"worlds-of-john-aubrey-folio-society-693","title":"The Worlds of John Aubrey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Worlds of John Aubrey; Being a Further Selection of Brief Lives, Together with Excerpts from his Writings on Antiquities, Science and Folklore. Selected and edited by Richard Barber. 34 contemporary portraits, documents, etchings and paintings. Quarter-bound in dark red cloth with black and gold decorated white cloth covers. Grey slipcase. 297pp. 25x16cm. This was the first Folio Society book with the spine title running from head to tail rather than from tail to head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorlds of John Aubrey explores the life, interests and observations of the seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey, best known for his Brief Lives. Aubrey recorded gossip, biography, archaeology, folklore, science and local history with extraordinary curiosity. The book captures the wide intellectual world in which he moved and shows how his apparently informal observations preserved invaluable details about the people and culture of seventeenth-century England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216445817171,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421134045523,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/693.jpg?v=1792531673","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/worlds-of-john-aubrey-folio-society-693","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}