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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)

Written by Christopher Hibbert
Published by Folio Society in 1997

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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1829357
1st thus. 1997. Hardback. Very good condition.

Three volume set: Venice; Florence; and Rome. Bound in full moire silk with gilt titles to spine and vignettes to front. Colour & b/w photos. Spines are very lightly browned else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split to either side of top but still firm, also worn to top & tail of spine, a few scuff marks (VG-).

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Cover of ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES) by Christopher Hibbert

Contents

  • ROME
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE
  • PART I
  • 1. Myths, Monarchs and Republicans
  • 2. Imperial Rome
  • 3. Bread and Circuses
  • 4. Catacombs and Christians
  • 5. Infamy and Anarchy
  • 6. Saints, Tyrants and Anti-Popes
  • 7. 'The Refuge of All the Nations'
  • 8. Renaissance and Decadence
  • 9. Patrons and Parasites
  • 10. The Sack of Rome
  • PART II
  • 11. Recovery and Reform
  • 12. Bernini and the Baroque
  • 13. Il Settecento
  • 14. Napoleonic Interlude
  • 15. The Risorgimento and the Roman Question
  • 16. Royal Rome
  • 17. Roma Fascista
  • EPILOGUE: The Eternal City
  • PART III
  • NOTES ON TOPOGRAPHY, BUILDINGS AND WORKS OF ART
  • SOURCES
  • INDEX
  • VENICE
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE
  • PART I
  • 1. The City in the Sea, 500-1150
  • 2. Merchants and Crusaders, 1150-1268
  • 3. Travellers and Imperialists, 1268-1310
  • 4. 'A Cytie Glorious', 1310-1427
  • 5. The Empire in Danger, 1427-1527
  • 6. The Venice of Marin Sanudo, 1527-33
  • 7. Defeats and Triumphs, 1523-91
  • 8. Artists and Architects, 1460-1592
  • 9. Ambassadors and Visitors, 1591-1646
  • 10. Conspirators and Enemies, 1606-1718
  • 11. Venice in the Eighteenth Centure, 1718-97
  • 12. Napoleonic Interlude, 1789-1814
  • PART II
  • 13. The Romantic Response, 1814-20
  • 14. Daniele Manin and the New Republic, 1820-48
  • 15. The City under Siege, 1848-9
  • 16. The Vencie of the Ruskins, 1849-71
  • 17. Tourists and Exiles, 1871-1913
  • EPILOGUE
  • PART III
  • Glossary
  • Note on the Gondola
  • List of Doges, 697-1797
  • Notes on Buildings and Works of Art
  • Museums and Art Galleries
  • Sources
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index
  • 18. Venetian Nocturne, 1913-66
  • FLORENCE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ILLUSTRATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE
  • MAPS
  • 1. The Roman City, 59BC - AD 405
  • 2. Marauders, Emperors and Margraves, 405-1115
  • 3. Merchants, Guelphs and Ghibellines, 1115-1280
  • 4. Blacks and White, 1280-1302
  • 5. Life in Dante's Florence, 1265-1348
  • 6. Strikes and Riots, 1348-1420
  • 7. The Rise of the House of Medici, 1420-39
  • 8. Artists of the Medici, 1439-64
  • 9. Father of the Country, 1455-64
  • 10. Wives and Weddings, 1464-72
  • 11. The Pazzi Conspiracy, 1478
  • 12. Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1478-92
  • 13. The Bonfire of the Vanities, 1492-8
  • 14. Conspirators and Cardinals, 1498-1527
  • 15. Siege and Murder, 1527-37
  • 16. The Grade Duke Cosimo I, 1537-74
  • 17. Pageants and Pleasures, 1560-1765
  • 18. Tourists and Tuft-hunters, 1740-88
  • 19. The Grand Duke Peter Leopold, 1765-91
  • 20. Napoleonic Interlude, 1796-1827
  • 21. Risorgimento, 1814-59
  • 22. The Capital of Italy
  • 23. Ville Toute Anglaise
  • 24. Residents and Visitors
  • 25. Firenze Fascistissima, 1919-40
  • 26. War and Peace, 1940-66
  • 27. Flood and Restoration, 1966-92