Alphonse Dantier - Les Femmes dans la société chrétienne - 1879

Wonderful two-volume set illustrated with 4 photogravures and 200 wood engravings of this historical and religious study devoted to the place occupied by women in Christian societies, from the origins of Christianity to the social transformations observable in the nineteenth century - The edition seeks to trace on the long term the evolution of the female condition by successively examining the influences of religion, institutions, mores, family, marriage, education and moral conceptions that have determined the place of women in Christian civilization - Dantier's approach is to relate religious history with social history, considering woman not only as a theological or literary figure, but also as an actor in family, economic, intellectual and cultural life - Alphonse Dantier - Women in Christian Society - 1879 - Vol. I and II - Firmin-Didot et Cie - 558, 518 pages. Good condition of bindings, works in their full red cardboard binding with gold decoration original, wear from use, some minor defects on covers, gilded edges, spine and boards richly adorned with gold decoration, gilded titling and tomaisons - Good interior condition, browning, title page printed in red and black, books enriched with 4 photogravures and 200 wood engravings after monuments of art, superb manuscript inscription by the author on a endpaper, marbled endpapers in good condition, pleasant set - Delivery service ensured within a few days -

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