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The art of the Persian letters : unlocking Montesquieu's "secret chain"
- Title
- The art of the Persian letters : unlocking Montesquieu's "secret chain" / Randolph Paul Runyon.
- Author
- Runyon, Randolph, 1947-
- Publication
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 05-11668 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 289 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-283) and index.
- Contents
- Getting there (letters 1-22) -- First impressions (letters 23-43) -- Usbek loosens up (letters 44-63) -- The disordered library (letters 64-79) -- Less is more, and other hidden topics (letters 80-97) -- A machine in action (letters 98-122) -- The beginning of the end (letters 123-146) -- Disorder in the Seraglio (letters 147-161) -- Afterword: "on the cause of the echo."
- Call Number
- JFE 05-11668
- ISBN
- 0874139228 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005001458
- OCLC
- 57494011
- Author
- Runyon, Randolph, 1947-
- Title
- The art of the Persian letters : unlocking Montesquieu's "secret chain" / Randolph Paul Runyon.
- Imprint
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-283) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-11668