The Prophets of Paris by Manuel, Frank E - 1962

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. Inscribed and signed by author on fep. Signed with first name only. 8vo size gray clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 349 pages. From jacket: "This is a study of five French thinkers and a school - friends, disciples, enemies - whose works evoke the image of a new age of prophecy. Turgot, Condorcet, Fourier, and Comte form an unbroken chain of intellectual transmission from the Enlightenment through the first half of the 19th century. These men where crisis philosophers, system-makers, moralists, magnificent obsessives intoxicated with the future." Small abrasion on fep where sticker was removed. Slightly bumped at bottom spine under jacket and tiny spot on outside pages. Jacket has some wear and light soil with wear at top and bottom of spine and top corners. Spine of jacket is darkened and spine of book is sunned. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Signed by Author. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.