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c 1600 to c 1700

paperback. How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of guilds and scientific research that led to the Industrial Research? "Clocks and Cultures" is a brief history of the changes wrought by and on Europe over 400 years due to technological advances in timekeeping and the rise of a time-aware culture. Series: Norton Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034462
ISBN
9780393324433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034546
ISBN
9780199236190
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. This book is the first documentation of Hottinger's Arabic and Islamic studies. It includes a biographical account of Hottinger, studies of his activities as a bibliographer of Arabic texts, as teacher of the Arabic language, as student of the history of Islam, and as a Protestant who used his work to engage in anti-Catholic polemics. Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJF; JFCX; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034553
ISBN
9780199682140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 line illustrations; 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBLH; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034819
ISBN
9780674059726
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. This biography of Boyle navigates Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0034846
ISBN
9780300169317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 15.00

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000598
ISBN
9780801433863
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. A major contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century England, from one of its foremost historians. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 805. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000630
ISBN
9780521843751
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Locke was originally published in two volumes, Epistemology and Ontology. This paperback edition has within its covers the full text of both volumes. Series: Arguments of the Philosophers. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HPC; HPJ; HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1016. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000728
ISBN
9780415100304
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Longman
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036134
ISBN
9780582491335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. The book charts the establishment of the modern idea of parliamentary sovereignty. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; JFCX; JPHC. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 755. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036304
ISBN
9780521232722
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. A selection translated and edited with an introduction by G.H.R. Parkinson. Num Pages: 214 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 383. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035357
ISBN
9780198243069
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This book traces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China, believing that they could convert the Chinese to Christianity. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; HRAX; HRCX7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674030367
ISBN
9780674030367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.63

Paperback. Considers the many ways in which autobiographical selves emerged from the late medieval period through the seventeenth century, with the aim of understanding the interaction between those individuals' lives and their worlds, the ways in which they could be recorded, and the contexts in which they are read. Editor(s): Bedford, Ronald; Davis, Lloyd; Kelly, Philippa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069286
ISBN
9780472069286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.09

Paperback. Examines the role and impact of warfare in west Africa during the period of the slave trade and the founding of the Empire. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in European expansion, slavery and slave trade, African history, colonial history, and for military historians. Series: Warfare and History. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857283938
ISBN
9781857283938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.75

Paperback. This is the first survey of the vast array of images produced in sixteenth-century China, from conventional artworks, to wall decorations, to books, maps, images on ceramics, and even on the dress of the prosperous. Craig Clunas provides a stimulating and innovative point of entry to Chinese art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 224 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; ACBP; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896681
ISBN
9781861896681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FP; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBTM; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846031748
ISBN
9781846031748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037544
ISBN
9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. In this book, Craig Clunas analyses the Ming Dynasty aristocracy's patronage of architecture, painting, calligraphy, and other art forms, as well as the contents of their splendid and recently-excavated tombs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 colour, 40 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; ACBP; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 256 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231037
ISBN
9781780231037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299289546
ISBN
9780299289546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

paperback. A study of the debate that began as modern science separated itself from natural philosophy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book explores the two dominant approaches to causation, as a metaphysical problem and as a scientific problem. Classical discussions of causation are also combined with recent thinking on the topic. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036683
ISBN
9780415914772
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. The early modern execution was far more than a spectator sport. The period between the Restoration and the American Revolution witnessed the rise and fall of execution literature: last speeches and confessions; criminal trials and biographies, featuring the criminal as an Everyman (or Everywoman) holding up a mirror to the sins of his readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700. Execution in England, 1675-1775. 320 pages, 8 bw illustrations. The early modern execution was far more than a spectator sport. The period between the Restoration and the American Revolution witnessed the rise and fall of execution literature: last speeches and confessions; criminal trials and biographies, featuring the criminal as an Everyman (or Everywoman) holding up a mirror to the sins of his readers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JKVP. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 34. Weight: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847251718
ISBN
9781847251718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.25
€ 78.18

Hardcover. Shows how, in pre-industrial England, horses were bred and trained, what they ate, how much they were worth, how long they lived, and what their owners thought of them. While they were named individually, and sometimes became favourites, many were worked hard and poorly treated, leading to their early deaths. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852854805
ISBN
9781852854805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.64
€ 94.21

Paperback. In fine detail, Hanna explores economic influences on culture during periods of plenty and poverty during the first three centuries of Ottoman rule. She unveils a fully-fledged Cairene middle-class culture that bridges the gap between the salons (majalis) of the elite and the common people. Series: Middle East Beyond Dominant Paradigms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630364
ISBN
9780815630364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.32

paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038421
ISBN
9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00