MULLER, Herbert J.
The Uses of the Past: Profiles of Former Societies.
London: Oxford University Press , 1957.
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Herbert J. Muller's The Uses of the Past; finely bound in full crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
Finely bound example of Muller's brilliant survey of Western civilization. Octavo, bound in full crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
"This is a rare kind of history in America, reminiscent of Voltaire…The profound wisdom of this book consists in the thesis that while history has no grand Meaning, it is constituted of many continuous and conflicting meanings…Here is history with a mighty undertow of philosophy…history bathed in tears but, like Aphrodite, upspringing in beauty" (The Virginia Quarterly Review).
The Uses of the Past: Profiles of Former Societies.
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