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2017 U of Chicago paperback. light cover edgewear; pages clean/tight; very good condition

University of Chicago, 2017. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. University of Chicago [Published Date: 2017]. Soft cover, 146 pp. Book published in a limited edition of 1000 to accompany an exhibit of the same name held March 27-June 9, 2017, University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center. In very good condition with light bumping to edges and covers and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Mostly color illustrations. [From back cover] In the centuries of recovery after the Black Death, increasingly crowded and wealthy cities became powder kegs where old tensions - between citizens and visitors, men and women, Christianity and rival traditions, elites and multitudes - channeled the energies of new and increasing factional and economic rivalries. This catalog lays out a geography of tensions affecting Renaissance urban spaces from Constantinople to Mexico City, using rare books and artifacts from the University of Chicago… Read More