320pp. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Slightly rubbed corners, rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge starting to tan remaining edges starting to tan. Pencilled notes to early page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has significant shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage.
A volume of essays examining the irrational and superstitious aspects of the Renaissance, going beyond the "fields of reason" to examine political, social, religious and artistic phenomena between approximately 1300 and 1670.
