Volume I (1987): From Pagan Rome to Byzantium, by Paul Veyne, ed., translated by Arthur Goldhammer, with contributions by Paul Veyne, Peter Brown, Michel Rouche and Evelynn Parthagen, with ix, 2-670 pp. Hundreds and hundreds of fine black-and-white and full-color illustrations and photographs, printed on high-gloss paper, and with notes, index and bibliography to each volume. Forward cock to two spines, some smudging to bottom page-tips, moderate wear to two of the illustrated, pictorial dust wrappers, one being chipped and soiled a bit, much less to the others, and with previous owner's embossed stamps and inscriptions to several volumes. Each bound in two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed bindings, of various colors. A perfectly serviceable set of reference copies, complete in five volumes, Philippe Aries and Georges Duby serving as General Editors, and with individual contributions and volume editors, volume by volume. Intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves, kings and commoners, including concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, sexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. A justly celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, revealing in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world and up to through early Modern times, stretching from the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, to the glitz and glitter of 20th century art and literature.
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