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Renaissance Thought: The Classic, Scholastic, and Humanist Strains
by Paul Oskar Kristeller
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Harper Torchbooks, 1961. Soft cover. Good. 173 pages, with index, notes, bibliography, prefaces to the original edition and this one. First edition thus. A revised and enlarged edition of The Classics and Renaissance Thought (Harvard U. Press, 1955), originating as the Martin Classical Lectures at Oberlin College in Feb. 1954. Trade paperback, light shelf wear, spine age-tanned, brown stain to rear end papers from laid-in newspaper clipping. Text preceded by three-page list of Harper Torchbooks titles. Name of former owner and date 1961 written in pencil on ffep, underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 25 pages, additional notes on rfep and inside back cover. Laid-in clipping is a 1964 review by Frances Yates of Kristeller's Eight Philosophers of the Italian Renaissance, from The New York Review.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AEB-237
- Title
- Renaissance Thought: The Classic, Scholastic, and Humanist Strains
- Author
- Paul Oskar Kristeller
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harper Torchbooks
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUMANISM, ARISTOTELIANISM, PLATONISM, PAGANISM, SCHOLASTICISM, IDEA OF MAN, MARTIN CLASSICAL LECTURES, OBERLIN COLLEGE, FRANCES YATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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Our standard domestic shipping rate is for USPS Media Mail shipments weighing up to 2 lb. Books are packaged in bubble-pack envelopes or a cardboard box with moisture protection. International shipping rates are for packages weighing up to 2 lb (0.9 kg). Heavier or oversized items may incur a shipping surcharge, which will be stated to the buyer before finalization of the transaction. Shipping charge may be reduced on some books weighing less than 1 lb to U.S. addresses. International Priority shipping charges may be reduced on books that fit in a USPS small flat-rate box. International Standard (First-Class Package International) shipping charges may be reduced for a second or more books if the total package weight does not exceed 2 lb. Shipping speeds are estimates based on carrier delivery times and cannot be guaranteed. If your order will pass through Customs, please expect a delay. Any applicable Customs duties or brokerage fees are the responsibility of the buyer.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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