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ARMSTRONG, Karen

A History of God, from Abraham to the Present: The 4,000-Year Quest for God

A History of God, from Abraham to the Present: The 4,000-Year Quest for God

London: The Folio Society, 2014

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Karen Armstrong, A History of God, from Abraham to the Present: The 4,000-Year Quest for God. London: The Folio Society, 2014. First printing thus. With a foreword by Tariq Ramadan. Maps by Kevin Freeborn. 252 × 175 × 43 mm. Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxii [xxiii–xxxiv], [1–3] 4–500 [501–502]: [16] leaves of plates. Type: Garamond with Perpetua Titling. Printed and bound by Grafos in full blue artificial silk blocked in gold with design by Michael Gills; dark blue endleaves. Dark blue slip case blocked in gold with star design inspired by Genesis 15:5. The plates reproduce images of objects from c.25,000 bce to ad 2009. Freeborn’s nine maps are on pages [xxv–xxxiii].

Fine book with pages tightly bound and free of any inscriptions. In like slipcase with minor shelf-wear.

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