Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. First edition. xv, 399pp; frontis; plates; fold-out diagram; index. Blue cloth; dust jacket. Light foxing to textblock top and upper fore-edge. Unclipped jacket with dampstain at base of spine, wear and small chips at spine ends, weakened joints. Very good in an about very good jacket.
First American edition of this landmark work by English historian Frances A. Yates (1899-1981); an examination of the mnemonic systems developed by the ancient Greeks, and their impact on the Renaissance thought of Giordano Bruno and others. Named one of the top 100 nonfiction books of the century by the Modern Library in 1999.
