CIVILISATION

Kenneth Clarke

$5.95 - Hard Cover w/ Sleeve

286 Illustrated - 48 pages in color

1969 - Book Club Edition - Harper & Row, Publishers

Excellent condition.  Some tears along top of sleeve

As Kenneth Clarke takes us from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day, he does not attempt to give a complete record but concentrates on crucial civilisation episodes.  From Iona in the 9th century to France in the 12th, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. 

Against these historical backgrounds he shows us not only the men who gave new energy to civilisation and expanded our understanding of the world and ourselves, but also the work of genius, in architecture, sculpture and painting, in philosophy, poetry and music, in science and in engineering, which they produced.