NEW ENGLAND BEGINS: The Seventeenth Century (3 volumes)
by Fairbanks, Jonathan L., And Robert F. Trent
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0878462104
- ISBN 13
- 9780878462100
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1982. 575 pages. Volume 1: Introduction--Migration and Settlement; Volume 2: Mentality and Environment; Volume 3: Style. Detailed catalogue for an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from May 5 through August 22, 1982. The catalogue includes all the 504 cultural relics from 17th century New England in the exhibition, each illustrated in either color and black & white. Detailed descriptions from the work of eminent scholars accompany each item. According to Fairbanks, the impact of the exhibition is to survey "the entire culture by examining it from every angle, from sweeping concepts of the cosmos to the mundane facts of everyday life." The three volumes are in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal wear on the covers; occasional underlining and marginalia in pencil.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2664
- Title
- NEW ENGLAND BEGINS: The Seventeenth Century (3 volumes)
- Author
- Fairbanks, Jonathan L., And Robert F. Trent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0878462104
- ISBN 13
- 9780878462100
- Publisher
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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