The Penguin Book Of The Renaissance

The Penguin Book of the Renaissance (1964) by J.H. Plumb – Penguin Books
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Step into the smoky, candlelit corridors of European brilliance with J.H. Plumb’s The Penguin Book of the Renaissance. First published in 1964, this accessible yet scholarly volume pulls together essays and insights on the art, science, politics, and general swagger of the 14th to 17th centuries. Whether you’re here for the Medici machinations or the birth of humanism, Plumb delivers it with clarity and just a hint of tweedy charm.

Our copy? It’s been around the piazza a few times – scuffed cover, foxing in the foreword, and maybe a pressed flower or train ticket tucked inside if you’re lucky.

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