A Study of History
The Arcadia Press, 1973.
First edition, deluxe issue, number 29 of 105 copies, specially designed and bound by Zaehnsdorf for the Arcadia Press and signed by the author on the title page. 4to. Full black morocco, lettered in gilt on the spine with five raised bands, and with a circular design of a yin yang gilt and inlaid red and green on the upper cover. Elaborate gilt dentelles to turn ins, over marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Housed in the original fleece-lined slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and in black and white. A fine copy of a handsome volume in a fine slipcase.
The first illustrated edition of Toynbee's monumental work on the philosophical exploration of the rise and fall of civilisations.
Stock ID: 46447
