Durant, Will

The Story of Civilization

      NY: Simon & Schuster Full set of 11,000 prox pages appears never to have been read. Clean, crisp and tight contents with equally-clean, illustrated-map end pages. Unusually attractive, red cloth (finer than the usual wine cloth) covers the firm boards--gold gilt lettering. New mylar protective covers have been added to the attractive dust jacket in order to preserve their fine condition. Exceptional set includes the following: Vol. I, Our Oriental Heritage, Being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning to our own day, with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization; Vol. II, The Life of Greece, Being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest, with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete; Vol. III, Caesar and Christ, A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to A.D. 325; Vol. IV, The Age of Faith, A History of Medieval Civilization--Christian, Islamic, and Judaic--from Constantine to Dante, A.D. 325--1300; Vol. V, The Renaissance, A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304--1576 A.D; Vol. VI, The Reformation, A History of European Civilization from Wyclif to Calvlin 1300--1564; Vol. VII, The Age of Reason Begins, A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes 1558--1648; Vol. VIII, The Age of Louis XIV, A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza 1648--1715; Vol. IX, The Age of Voltaire, A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy; Vol. X, Rousseau and Revolution, A History of Civilization in France, England and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789; and Vol. XI, The Age of Napoleon, A History of European Civilization from 1789--1815. The life, the history, the arts, the science, the politics, the philosophy, the manners, the morality and the spirt of the ages. Shipping weight of 45 pounds. Collectible. History. Set.. Cloth-covered Hard Back. Fine/Fine. Illus. by B/W Full Page Photo Plates and Illustration. 9 1/2" x 6 3/4". Full Set .