Wonders of Man: Notre-Dame De Paris.
Winston, Richard; Winston, Clara.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Newsweek Books,
Date Published: 1971.
Description: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The book and dust jacket are NEAR FINE. The ffep outer edge has been clipped. Dust jacket has light edgewear/chippping. Brown cloth boards with gold embossed text and illustration. 172 pages with index. 150 black & white and color illustrations. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. NOT price-clipped and NOT remainder. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. Dust jacket notes read: SILENT WITNESS TO eight centuries of war and revolution, empire-building and pageantry, the cathedral of Notre-Dame has been called the "bulwark of Paris." And now Notre-Dame de Paris vividly re-creates the exciting history of French civilization from the vantage point of this famous Gothic edifice. It was at Notre-Dame that Joan of Arc was beatified, Napoleon crowned emperor, and Mary Queen of Scots married. Here the rebellious Count of Toulouse was publicly scourged; and here Princess Marguerite, sister of Charles IX, Married a Huguenot-triggering the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre of thousands of French Protestants. Within these sacred walls the French prayed for victory in the Crusades, for an end to the Hundred Years' War, and for deliverance from the horror of the Black Death. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, architects tampered with the structure in the name of baroque elegance; during the Reign of Terror, mobs scarred its beauty in the name of revolution. The story of the construction, disfigurement, and final restoration of the cathedral as told in Notre-Dame de Paris reflects the drama of France's past ages. Stunning photographs of Notre-Dame, especially taken for this volume by Adam Woolfitt, reveal details obscured until the present decade by centuries of grime. In addition to these modern views, Notre-Dame de Paris is richly illustrated with diagrams and drawings, manuscript illuminations, reliquaries, statues, and paintings-about 150 illustrations, one third in full color. A special section, Notre-Dame in Literature, provides excerpts from the writings of authors inspired by the grandeur of the cathedral: Francois Rabelais, Victor Hugo, Mark Twain, Henry James, and others. A reference section-including a chronology of French history, an illustrated guide to other Gothic cathedrals of France, detailed information about the illustrations, a selected bibliography, and a complete index-concludes the volume. Notre-Dame de Paris is a new volume in the Newsweek Book Division's series of illustrated histories, Wonders of Man. Each volume, focusing on a well-known historical monument, is divided into three major sections: a lively and informative history of the monument by a distinguished and authoritative writer, profusely illustrated in color and black and white; a selection of literary excerpts about the monument; and a comprehensive reference section. Other titles in the series include: The Colosseum, Tower of London, Statue of Liberty, The Pyramids and Sphinx, EI Escorial, The Kremlin, Hagia Sophia, The Forbidden City, and Versailles.
Binding: Hard BackCondition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Book Id: 6550
Price: $15.00
