Wordly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance

New York: Doubleday, 1996. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated in color and black and white. 470 pages. 8vo, black cloth backed boards, d.w. (very lightly scuffed). New York: Doubleday, (1996). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Wordly Goods is a remarkable achievement. Most previous attempts to explain the Renaissance, and there are many, have concentrated on the fashioning of a new cultural identity. Jardine is concerned with that, too, but her approach is via the material culture of the period. (Inventory #: 312072)