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Cities and Civilisations

Hibbert, Christopher
279 pages, includes sources, list of illustrations and index, In slipcase . Abridged edition. The book was originally published: London by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, in 1987.Overseas customers please note the book weighs over a kilo and will attract additional postage. ""My book..[Cities and Civilisations ]. attempts to give generously illustrated impressions of several of the world's great cities at crucial points in their development, to glimpse at their origins, to indicate the nature of the civilisations in which they emerged and whose ethos they reflected, as well as to describe their planning and architecture, the artistic treasures provided by the men and women who lived in them, their work, pleasures, and customs" CONTENTS: Pt. 1. The ancient city 1. Thebes in the days of the pharaohs, 2000-1200 BC 2. Athens in the days of Pericles, 480-404 BC 3. Rome in the days of the Emperor Trajan, AD 98-117 pt. 2. The developing city 4. Constantinople in the days of Constantine and Justinian, 330-565 5. Hangzhou in the days of the Sung emperors, 1138-1279 6. Cuzco in the days of the Incas, 1200-1533 7. Florence in the days of the Medici, 1389-1492 8. Amsterdam in the days of Rembrandt, 1606-1669 9. Paris in the days of Louis XIV, 1651-1723 10. London in the days of Pepys and Wren, 1666-1723 11. St. Petersburg in the days of Peter the Great, 1703-1725 12. Venice in the days of Canaletto and Casanova, 1697-1798 13. Vienna in the days of Franz Josef, 1848-1916 pt. 3. The modern city 14. New Orleans : "The crescent city" 15. Tokyo : " City of the rising sun" 16. Berlin: "The Babylon of the world" 17. Moscow : "A model communist city" 18. New York: "A stroke of genius" 19. Sydney : "The finest harbour in the world." Notes Abridged ed. - Originally published: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987.
Published 2003 Folio Society London

$25.00

Condition Jacket Condition Binding Size
As New N/A Hardcover 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Good Reading Book Reference: 19932
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