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Recounts the decline of the Medici family against a corresponding description and history of Florence during that period
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Harold Acton (1904-1994) was a writer, scholar and aesthete who listed as his principal recreation 'hunting the philistines'. From the balcony of his Oxford rooms he famously declaimed passages from The Waste Land through a megaphone.He wrote in many different mediums, publishing nearly thirty books, with his poetry and fiction being markedly less successful than his other works.
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AN AMUSING ACCOUNT OF THE DECAY AND COLLAPSE INTO PROFLIGACY OF THE MEDICI FAMILY. 8/2/88-OFFSET: B: 5000 @ $4.99: 384PP: UC=100P: MAX.
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- PublisherMethuen
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 041607720X
- ISBN 13 9780416077209
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages327
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Near Fine. Revised. navy blue cloth with red spine label, revised ed. (1973), 327 pages in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Cocked, light wear to corners, date & owners name in ink on endpapers; text clean / unmarked. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # CE234676
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 675 g; 327pp. Bibliography & index. Acton revised his classic 1932 opus in 1958. Original plain paper printed dust wrapper is slightly faded on the backstrip section, and rubbed at the head and tail of the backstrip, and the top of the rear fold over. The book itself is in very good order, with 16 pages of illustrations in black-and-white. While biographies of the early Medici abound, this is still the main book on the decline of that great family, whose name is in separately linked with Florence and its arts. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 041607720X. ISBN/EAN: 9780416077209. Inventory No: 0214374. Seller Inventory # 0214374
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