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META-CLASSIC: INDISPENSABLE: SUPERBLY WRITTEN: ELEGANTLY REASONED: MAGISTERIAL: RICH IN LEARNING; SWEEPING VISION: BRILLIANTLY ARGUED: FLAWLESLY EXPRESSED: PERASUASIVE: PROFOUD: EXTRAORDINARY: WITTY: RARE * WINNER of the 1967 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD: Collectible First Editions: FINE virtually AS-NEW (Complete Two-Volume Set): THE ENLIGHTENMENT: AN INTERPRETATION (Complete in Two-Volumes): VOLUME I: THE RISE OF MODERN PAGANISM: First Edition (Orig. October 1966) Third Printing (1967): Edition designed by WARREN CHAPPELL: FINE handsomely-designed unclipped mylar-protected orig. jacket w/ EXCELLENT virtually AS-NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $8.95 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, BEAUTIFUL sea-wheat linen-over-boards covers w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & w/ author's "PG" framing quill handsomely stamped in rust-red on front panel & titles similarly stamped on spine above glowing teal florals: IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, SUPERB virtually AS-NEW text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges & cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging w/ top-edge stained in unfaded ocher-gold, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRISTINE interior handsomely-printed in Linotype Jason on SUPERB cream-white unblemished archival paper w/ typography & binding designed by Warren Chappell: 5.86" x 8.62" x 1.52", 0.82 kg, xviii+556+xxii (596) pp * VOLUME II: THE SCIENCE OF FREEDOM: Stated First Edition (Orig. October 1969): Edition designed by WARREN CHAPPELL: FINE handsomely-designed unclipped mylar-protected orig. jacket w/ EXCELLENT virtually AS-NEW edges & corners showing orig. $10.00 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, BEAUTIFUL sea-wheat linen-over-boards covers w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & w/ author's "PG" framing quill handsomely stamped in rust-red on front panel & titles similarly stamped on spine above glowing teal florals, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, SUPERB virtually AS-NEW text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges & cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging w/ top-edge stained in ocher-gold, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures, PRISTINE interior handsomely-printed in Linotype Jason on SUPERB cream-white unblemished archival paper w/ typography & binding designed by Warren Chappell: 5.86" x 8.62" x 1.52", 0.82 kg, xviii+556+xxii (596) pp * THE COMPLETE SET (Two-Volumes): THE ENLIGHTENMENT: AN INTERPRETATION: VOLUME I: THE RISE OF MODERN PAGANISM -&- VOLUME II: THE SCIENCE OF FREEDOM: 5.86" x 8.62" x 3.10", 1.78 kg, xxxvi+706+xlii (1,242) pp * ABOUT THE TWO BOOKS: The philosophers of the Enlightenment effected a revolution in the thought & temper of their time that has seldom been questioned even by their most ardent detractors. The influence of their writings extends into our own time, & indeed, w/o exaggeration that little band of 18th century philosophers can be said to be the father's of modern society. Peter Gay's comprehensive study of this philosophical movement seeks to define the Enlightenment in the context of history & through an interpretation of its ideas & aspirations. The first volume, subtitled "The Rise of Modern Paganism", is primarily concerned w/ the intellectual origins of the movement. The second & concluding volume--"The Science of Freedom"--deals w/ the program of the "philosophes" which developed out of the ideas discussed in the first volume, and completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation of the Enlightenment. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & packages this SUPERB two volume set for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost fee & (due to the weight of the set) via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY AIRMAIL at below-cost rates quoted upon request.
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