European History

Author: Javier CortésBinding: PaperbackPublished: Patrimonio Nacional, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. SPANISH TEXT ONLY. Stained and foxed cover. Fold-out...

Author: Christos KarousosBinding: PaperbackPublished: ESPEROS EDITIONS, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRhodos: History, Monuments, Art presents a comprehensive overview of the storied...

Travelling in a van is emerging as a popular way to see the world. Back to nature, away from mass tourism, you can experience a country in a way that's...

Benjamin walked down from the Capitoline Hill towards the Circus Flaminius in order to reach the other Jews on the banks of the Tiber river at the Tiberina Island. They,...

In its new presentation of the collection, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart establishes a dialogue between works from the private Scharpff-Striebich collection and works from its own stocks. Contemporary positions and works...

A personal exploration of the culinary traditions of Tuscany offers a year-long odyssey through the Italian region's finest seasonal dishes, along with information on selecting ingredients for the pantry, preparation...

This travelogue and itinerary guide uses one couple's campervan tour through 42 European countries to help readers make the most out of a European adventure. Europe to go! Authors Steffi...

This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections...

A history of the building itself, told through the stories of the people, royal and common, good and bad, heroes and villains, who lived and died there. This book presents...

The first biography of Henry VIII's court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of the most intriguing figures of the Tudor age. In some portraits of Henry VIII...

COSA NOSTRA is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world s most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since...

Author: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Binding: PaperbackPublished: olivetti, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the fascinating journey...

Author: Christie'sBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Georgian Group, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown

Author: Daniel RocheBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of California Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and tanning of external cover; internal pages in very good conditionThis...

Author: Roy StrongBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fraying; signed by previous owner on inside coverThe authoritative The Renaissance Garden...

Author: Helmut Hager And Susan Scott MunshowerBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Pennsylvania State University, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, light wear on cover/back'Light...

Bath, Queen of the West, is internationally famous as one of England's oldest and most beautiful cities. The picturesque setting in the Avon valley, surrounded by green hills knit town...

These include Beaumarchais, Beckford, Luis Bunuel, Alexandre Dumas, Goya, Victor Hugo, Hemingway, Napoleon, and scores of others. The Duke of Wellington walks in the shady Paseo del Prado in 1812;...

Author: Mark PhillipsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press., 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe scholarly work The Memoir Of Marco Parenti: A...

Author: John SteerBinding: PaperbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA Concise History Of Venetian Painting by John...

The book titled The Sixteenth Century Italian Schools by the author Cecil Gould. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In Venice Triumphant, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan provides a rich, multilayered history of Venice from Roman times to the sixteenth century, focusing on the relationship between the city and its unique physical...

Defining the Renaissance "Virtuosa" considers the language of art in relationship to the issues of gender difference through an examination of art criticism written between 1550 and 1800 on approximately...

Generations of tourists visiting Rome have ventured into the small section between the Tiber River and the Capitoline Hill whose narrow, dark streets lead to the charming Fountain of the...

The book titled Essence of Catalonia by the author Alastair Boyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Strolling Through Athens by the author John Freely. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight stains to page edges, previous owner details to FEP.The history of...

William Adam

Author: Papal GalleriesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Museums and Pagal Galleries, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive art history volume presents an unparalleled visual...

Author: Jane Martineau And Andrew RobisonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Glory Of Venice: The Eighteenth Century...

The book titled Art and History of Venice by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A rediscovered classic memoir - the scintillatingly witty account of one extraordinary woman's life during a turbulent century 'A voice so vivid it seems impossible that it should ever have...

This book tackles how and why 'landscape' (farms, gardens, countryside) set the scene in the first centuries BCE and CE for Romans keen to talk up and about (but also...

When the first edition of "Stonehenge Complete" was published, it won the British Archaeological Book Award. People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries: speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and...

Cradle of antiquity and hedonistic centre of la dolce vita, the Eternal City transgresses trends, styles and fashion - and yet is an epicentre of European fashion and home to...

Author: Francesco RoncalliBinding: PaperbackPublished: Monumenti, Musei E Gallerie Pontificie, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. This comprehensive volume chronicles the artistic and...

The book titled Culture Shock!: Italy by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

For over a century, the Touring Club of Italy has been publishing the country's most authoritative guidebooks and maps. The Heritage Series is the expert's guide to travel and sightseeing...

18 of the most stately retreats found in Rome and the surrounding countryside, from the Villa Medici to the splendid Villa Farnesina.

Author: William GauntBinding: PaperbackPublished: THE STUDIO LONDON, 1926Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear, minor loosening of spineWilliam Gaunt's Rome: Past...

Rome's ancient monuments and spectacular galleries - for centuries a major draw on the international tourism map - are looking more magnificent than ever after the programme of restoration of...

Author: Gene BruckerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Torchbooks, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: General yellowing of external cover and pages, signed by previous owner on internal coverThe scholarly...

Author: Michael RandleBinding: PaperbackPublished: HAWTHORN PRESS, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis political science work chronicles the significant role of citizen movements...

This guide offers a complete history of Paris and the people who have shaped its destiny, from its earliest settlement as the Roman village of "Lutetia Parisiorum" with a few...

Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different center: now the trading port on the Tiber; now the Forum of antiquity; the...

The gruesome Aztec practice of mass human sacrifice horrified Cortes when he entered Tenochticlan in 1519. Yet these bloodthirsty warriors also created a refined society, monumental architecture, powerful sculpture, magnificently...