Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1985
ISBN 10: 0674444108 ISBN 13: 9780674444102
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 271 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. First published under title: Images de l'homme devant la mort. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Using hundreds of photographs, one of the founders of the French school of history examines and discusses the ceremonies and rituals of death throughout history and across cultural and economic borders." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction: Death and the icon; The cemetery and the church; Tombs; From the home to the grave; The beyond; Omnia vanitas; The return of the cemetery; The death of others; What of today? Size: Folio.