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Spengler's Des Untergang des Abendlandes, 2 Vols

Title: Des Untergang des Abendlandes - 2 vols
Author: Spengler, Oswald
Description: 2 volumes. [iii]-[xvi], 615, [1] + [8] pp ads; [viii], 635, [1] blank + [12] pp ads. 3 folding charts. 6x9, original cream boards, printed in black. Publisher's list laid in. Volume II is a First Edition, Volume I is a Second Edition.Spengler's influential and controversial work outlined his theory about the lifecycle of civilizations and their inevitable demise, and predicted the downfall of Western Civilization. His work, eventually banned in Germany during the Third Reich, laid the groundwork for Toynbee and other European theorists, philosophers and historians. Printing and the Mind of Man 410.
Heading: zzkPlace Published: Munich
Publisher: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Date Published: 1921-22

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