The Renaissance is associated in our minds with Italy, and rightly so. It is as though the sun had risen first from the Adriatic, but while it was noon in Florence dawn was touching the French hills, and for France the sixteenth century was to be the century of the Renaissance. The peasant must live; the land was still the seigneur's, and rent took the place of military service. The baron, though less powerful, suddenly found himself a richer man, and his superfluous wealth was utilized in the building of more luxurious ...
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The Renaissance is associated in our minds with Italy, and rightly so. It is as though the sun had risen first from the Adriatic, but while it was noon in Florence dawn was touching the French hills, and for France the sixteenth century was to be the century of the Renaissance. The peasant must live; the land was still the seigneur's, and rent took the place of military service. The baron, though less powerful, suddenly found himself a richer man, and his superfluous wealth was utilized in the building of more luxurious homes. The French architects who had built the great Gothic cathedrals were capable of solving the problem now presented them of devising a style of domestic architecture suited to the new conditions, and a great variety of beautiful chateaus sprang up all over France.
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Illustrated. Good plus or better, light general wear, soiled. Corners lightly bumped. Pages lightly browned, occasional foxing, prev owner's inscription on front fly.
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Very Good. Reprint, 1904, hardcover with decorative gray cloth boards, octavo, 376pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with mild toning to spine, corners show edgewear, rubbing and mild general soil, binding tight, text clean and unmarked with gilt to top edge of text block. No DJ.
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Book. Octavo, iv, v, x, xiv, xxxi, 376 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial gray cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show slight soiling wear and lightly rubbed edges. Text block has modest age toning to the fore/tail edges. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Previous owner's name to the title page. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column H, ND-H. 1379068. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Very Good. Knickerbocker Press, 376 pages, with many plates of illus. and photographs, some minor chips and rubbing to the cover corners, the brown morocco spine is healthy and has only a very minor bit of rubbing, raised bands with gilt titles, top edge gilt, a handsome edition. Binding matches two other Champney titles in stock.; 8vo.
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VG+ First Edition in VG+ condition. Dust soiling to the boards and tanning to the spine. Bumps to the outer tips, with fraying at the lower fron t tip. Slight bow to the book.
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