A History of Private Life, complete in five volumes

As fine condition and fine-looking a set, complete in five volumes, of A History of Private Life as one will likely find. Structurally sound hardcovers, little discernible wear to the two-tone, brick-red cloth over boards covers, black cloth over spines, gilt lettering to spines, bright interiors, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, little worn, protected by plastic coats. Very slight smudging to some bottom fore-tips, else virtually gift-quality condition inside and out. Editors include Paul Veyne, Georges Duby, Roger Chartier, Michelle Perrot, Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent, and massively well-researched and accessibly written. Imperial octavo hardcover formats, published between 1987 and 1991. Volume I, "From Pagan Rome to Byzantium" (1987), frontis matter, 1-670 pp; Volume II "From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War" (1988), Second Printing, frontis matter, 1-650 pp.; Volume III, a Book-of-the-Month-Club selection, "Passions of the Renaissance" (1989), frontis matter, 1-645 pp.; Volume IV "Revelations of the Medieval World" (1990), frontis matter, 1-713 pp.; Volume V, "Riddles of Identity in Modern Times" (1991), frontis matter, 1-630 pp. Hundreds and hundreds of black-and-white and full-color photographs and illustrations. Each volume deploys a different editor or set of editors. The publisher's blurb has it that, "First of a handsome new series, this book reveals what it was really like to live, work, and die in the ancient world. Beginning with the pagan Romans, the reader discovers behind the vast panorama of empire the intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves, from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception." Translated by Arthur Goldhammer and many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …