{"product_id":"1952-britannica-great-books-of-the-20603","title":"1952 Britannica Great Books of the Western World Set, 54 Volumes, Mid-Century Reference Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning, complete 54-volume set of Great Books of the Western World. The spines have rich, muted jewel-tone bands in burgundy, olive, slate blue, and deep teal green, set off by black title labels, gold lettering, and the gilt University of Chicago crest. The colors alternate along the shelf in a soft patchwork that looks wonderful filling a built-in bookcase, library wall, study, or home office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Robert Maynard Hutchins with Mortimer J. Adler and published by Encyclopedia Britannica with the editorial advice of the faculties of the University of Chicago, this landmark set gathers the essential works of Western thought from Homer to Freud. It covers philosophy, history, science, mathematics, poetry, drama, and the novel. Few sets make a shelf look as impressive, and it's a lifetime of reading, too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they measure approximately 9.5 x 60 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set includes:\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 1: The Great Conversation\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 2: The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon I (Angel to Love)\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 3: The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon II (Man to World)\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 4: Homer\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 5: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 6: Herodotus, Thucydides\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 7: Plato\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 8: Aristotle I\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 9: Aristotle II\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 10: Hippocrates, Galen\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 11: Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, Nicomachus\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 12: Lucretius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 13: Virgil\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 14: Plutarch\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 15: Tacitus\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 16: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 17: Plotinus\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 18: Augustine\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 19: Thomas Aquinas I\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 20: Thomas Aquinas II\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 21: Dante\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 22: Chaucer\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 23: Machiavelli, Hobbes\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 24: Rabelais\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 25: Montaigne\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 26: Shakespeare I\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 27: Shakespeare II\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 28: Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 29: Cervantes\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 30: Francis Bacon\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 31: Descartes, Spinoza\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 32: Milton\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 33: Pascal\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 34: Newton, Huygens\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 35: Locke, Berkeley, Hume\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 36: Swift, Sterne\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 37: Fielding\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 38: Montesquieu, Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 39: Adam Smith\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 40: Gibbon I\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 41: Gibbon II\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 42: Kant\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 43: American State Papers, The Federalist, J.S. Mill\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 44: Boswell\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 45: Lavoisier, Fourier, Faraday\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 46: Hegel\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 47: Goethe\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 48: Melville\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 49: Darwin\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 50: Marx, Engels\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 51: Tolstoy\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 52: Dostoevsky\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 53: William James\u003cbr\u003e\n🏛️ Vol. 54: Freud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition\u003cbr\u003e\nThese are all vintage books and show various signs of aging which may include damaged spines, smudges, fading, bumped corners, etc. All these natural signs of age are what make vintage books such a unique, charming, and cozy design choice!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping Details\u003cbr\u003e\n-I provide FREE domestic shipping and ship daily so you get your items fast. I use Media Mail, which takes 3-9 days.\u003cbr\u003e\n-Need guaranteed fast delivery? You may choose to upgrade to Priority Mail shipping at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnect With Me\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/prettyoldbooks\/\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThank you so much,\u003cbr\u003e\n-Jess\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67462790906146,"sku":"4589820603","price":549.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/1952-britannica-great-books-of-the-western-world-set-54-volumes-mid-century-reference-collection-9472081.jpg?v=1791354856","url":"https:\/\/prettyoldbooks.com\/products\/1952-britannica-great-books-of-the-20603","provider":"Pretty Old Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}