The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Ginzburg, Carlo - 1992

UsedAcceptable. VERY noticeable water damage. Heavy annotated/underlined text. Inscribed flyleaf page.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992-03-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Johns Hopkins University Press, March 1992. Paper Back. Fair. Cover edges curled, owner name & highlighting, a solid reading copy.

[ Edition: Reprint ]. Fair Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Water Damage: SLIGHT, doesn't affect use ] Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Pub Date: 3/1/1992 Binding: Paperback Pages: 208

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992-03-01. PAPERBACK. Good. 6x0x9. May have some marking.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992-03-01. Paperback. Good. Good used copy. Cover and some page corners have wear. There are three "used" stickers on the cover and a "used" stamp on the bottom outer page edges. There is also a price lightly stamped inside the cover.

Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Sixth printing. An excellent copy. 1992 Trade Paperback. xxvii, 177 pp. The Cheese and the Worms is a study of the popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, a miller brought to trial during the Inquisition. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records of Domenico Scandella, a miller also known as Menocchio, to show how one person responded to the confusing political and religious conditions of his time. For a common miller, Menocchio was surprisingly literate. In his trial testimony he made references to more than a dozen books, including the Bible, Boccaccio's Decameron, Mandeville's Travels, and a "mysterious" book that may have been the Koran. And what he read he recast in terms familiar to him, as in his own version of the creation: "All was chaos, that is earth, air, water, and fire were mixed together; and of that bulk a mass… Read More

Johns Hopkins University Press. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Binding tight.Cover clean.Minor wear to page edges and corners. Paperback.No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.