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The Idea of Perfect History : Historical Erudition and Historical Philosophy in Renaissance France
by Huppert, George
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0252000765
- ISBN 13
- 9780252000768
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1970. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 215 pp., with appendices and index. When and for what reasons history ceased to be considered literature and began to be treated scientifically is the much-debated subject of this inquiry into the origins of modern historical thought (from the jacket). A clean, tight copy in an unclipped jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001317
- Title
- The Idea of Perfect History : Historical Erudition and Historical Philosophy in Renaissance France
- Author
- Huppert, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0252000765
- ISBN 13
- 9780252000768
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Champaign, IL
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- FRANCE HISTORIOGRAPHY HISTORY
- Size
- Octavo
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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