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.)

Jacob Burckhardt

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/2398

Author

Uniform Title

[Cultur der Renaissance in Italien: ein Versuch., English., Middlemore., 1878.]

Variant Title

Renaissance in Italy

Imprint

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1 Paternoster Square, 1878

Physical Description

2 vols.; 220 mm. (Octavo.)

General Note

Vol. I: xiv, 397, [1] p. - Vol. II: xii, 383, [1], 30, [2]p.

Contents

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

Contributors