Peter Hamish Wilson (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. In excellent condition, no writing or markings, book is crisp and clean. 100% satisfaction guarantee. Shipped with care in a bubble mailer. Feel free to inquire for photos or more details. I hand inspect every item. --- Peter Hamish Wilson's study asks what absolutism meant across the German-speaking and central European lands between roughly 1600 and 1800, and whether the term is still useful for analysis. It opens with a historiographical introduction noting that scholars long used the concept without defining it. Chapters on its emergence, theory and practice follow, the last covering princely courts, with Prussia as a key example. A section on enlightened absolutism traces that term back to the physiocrats' "enlightened despotism" of 1767. Wilson argues that absolutism was less about centralization than about making monarchical authority legitimate. It bypassed formal consultation with corporate bodies, relying instead on informal bargaining, display and patronage. Includes maps, a select bibliography and an index.…

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 2016. The Holy Roman Empire In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover/Großformat. Condition: Gut. 318 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); Einbandkanten sind leicht bestoßen. der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. ENGLISCH. Bei Versand ins Ausland erfragen Sie bitte zuerst die Versandkosten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2010.…

251 pp.; 30.7 x 24.1 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; May 1974 issue of Studio International edited by Peter Townsend. Contents include: "The Complete Artist," by John McEwen; "2 Fisherman: 1. An Appreciation of C.M. Wells," by J.W. Chance and "2. Ivan Marks: fishing as a profession;" "Correspondence;" "Acanthonemus Lubaurus Fossil;" "The Fish as a Symbol," by Cara Montgomery; "Multiple Exercise," by William Allan; "Sea Grant second narrative and two precedent works," by Newton Harrison; "Char and char fishing," by Geoffrey White; "Feuilleton," by Marcel Broodthaers; "The paintings of Joseph Raffael," by William S. Wilson; "A/S Mowi: industrial fish farming;" "Man's Impact on life in inland waters," by H.A. Hawkes; "Recipes," by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcello Salvadori; and X-ray of a flounder" and reviews by Clive Phillpot, Malcolm LeGrice, John Walker, Liesbeth Corstius, Keith Albarn, Günther Wirth, R.C. Kenedy, David Troostwyck, Tony Rothon, Judy Marle, Paul Rosenbloom, Fenella Crichton, Christopher Fox, James Faure Walker, Robert Corbett, and Frank Whitford. Cover specifically designed for this issue by James Sneath. Also includes a ten page artist project by Hamish Fulton presented by Robert Self, presumably paid for as an advertisement in the magazine and not presented as editorial content. Good. Bumping of corners with creasing. 5.7 cm. area of writing in pencil on recto. 4 mm. tear to bottom right corner of verso and two 8 mm. tears across spine. Yellowing of pages. Contents clean and unmarked.…