Isbn: 9780300062830 - Creating French Culture – Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale De France (55 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Water stains on first dozen or so pages (along with some wrinkling of these pages). The stains are about 1/2" in from the right edge (see images) ; 479 pages.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Softcover, 480 pages, very good condition; previous owner's name in pen on first page; no other internal marks.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st pr. Book is square, solid, and unread with a lovely dust jacket. No price clippings, no remainder marks. This book is so sharp it could slice even Superman's skin -- you'll shout up, up, and away with glee when it arrives at your door. NOTE: Jacket in protective Brodart cover.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light bump & shopwear, but clean & sound. PLEASE NOTE: International orders or Domestic Priority orders for this item will require additional shipping.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. 4to, 480 pp., Introduction by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 4to, 480 pp., Introduction by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1.5 x 12.35 x 8.91 Inches; 478 pages; A clean, crisp copy. Light rubbing to covers. A lush volume, with full color illustrations throughout.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Brown cloth, lettered in red foil. As issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in archival mylar. xl,480 pp., illus. w/ color plates, b&w illus. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Still in shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. large, heavy black cloth hardbound folio. very large & heavy ("coffee table" size book), int'l or priority shipping will cost extra). dustwrapper in protective plastic. very fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). full color photo illustrated frontis. xl+480p. glossy pages throughout. foreword by James Billington. foreword by Jean Favier. chronology of french history.index. illustration captions. 5 full color maps of western europe in different historical periods. list of contributors. 207 glossy full color illustrated catalogue exhibit items with detailed descriptions. many full page full color glossy plates. profusely illustrated througout in full color. world history. french history. history of the book. medieval literature. european history. charlemagne. napoleon. history of christianity. european history. book collecting. libraries. archaeology. art history. ~ From monastic cloisters in the time of Charlemagne to the book~lined studies of twentieth~century authors, this splendid book presents an overview of the literary and artistic world in France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France, today rich in collections of illuminated manuscripts, books, medals, maps, and prints, had its beginnings when Charles V established his library in the falcon tower of the Louvre. During the Middle Ages, culture was the handmaiden of Church and government; during the absolute monarchy, it became an instrument of propaganda; in the eighteenth century, it developed an independent voice. This book explores the changing relationship between power and culture in France as seen in the history of its national library.Four distinguished American scholars~Peter Gay, Orest Ranum, Elizabeth Brown, and John Contreni~write about the connection between French cultural expression and political power from medieval to modern times. Four French experts from the Bibliothèque nationale de France~Florence Callu, Antoine Coron, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, and Marie~Hélène Tesnière ~ discuss more than 200 of the objects in the library, almost all of which are pictured in the book, exploring their historical significance and their relationship to the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Among these objects are: a sumptuous ninth~century liturgical manuscript, entirely written in gold and silver on purple parchment; the bronze throne of Dagobert on which Napoléon sat at the founding of the order of the Legion d'Honneur; Marguerite d'Orléans's fifteenth~century book of hours with its delicate illuminated borders; a heart~shaped world map, published in 1536, showing the newly discovered lands of America; a sonata composed by Mozart when he was seven years old and dedicated to the daughter of Louis XV; a symphony by Berlioz written for the inauguration of the Bastille column; Zola's "J'accuse"; and much more. The book serves as the catalogue for a major exhibition at the Library Of Congress that presents a selection of the Biblioteque nationale de France's rare and beautiful treasures. The exhibit opens in September 1995.…

Softcover. Color pictorial wraps with red spine; 480 pp. with 207 color and bw images throughout; Includes maps, a chronology, and four main sections and 8 sub-sections. A beautiful, thorough exhibition catalogue. SOFTCOVER, not hardcover bad ISBN in AMAZON database. Very nice, clean and tight; unbroken spine; but with remainder mark on bottom. …

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. 1st. 4to. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Profusely illus.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, fine spine crease otherwise Fine. Stiff wraps, 480pp, index, colour reproductions of maps, prints, rre books and manuscripts from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France for an exxhibition in Washington DC. The essays and the text are in English A heavy book. (6.0 JM 0313 Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Yale University Press (New Haven) (1995). First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/Dj. A perfect unread copy. Published: Nov. 29, 1995 520 p., 8 1/2 x 12 68 b/w + 180 color illus. ISBN: 9780300062830 Cloth. 0.0.

hardcover. Condition: New. New and sealed from publisher.

Hardcover. Condition: VG (No dust jacket.). Slate-gray cloth, 480 pp. with 207 color and bw images throughout; Includes maps, a chronology, and four main sections and 8 sub-sections. A beautiful, thorough exhibition catalogue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, heavy large 4to, 479pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0300062834.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Yale University Press, 1995. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Pristine.