The Delphian Society

Orientation for Modern Times [vol. 11]

Chicago: The Delphian Society, 1937.

Octavo. 443 pp. Publisher's black textured buckram, elaborately stamped in gilt and bronze with Art Deco geometric line motifs to upper board and spine. Top edge brown. 1937 Reprint. Illustrated with striking magenta and black dual-color Art Deco title borders, divisional half-titles, and decorative geometric headings. Shelfwear to spine extremities and base corners.

Founded in 1910 to promote higher education and self-guided intellectual study among American women, the Delphian Society produced structured educational curricula written by leading university professors. This 1937 volume, comprising Part Two of the Basic Trends Division (Volume 11), analyzes European socio-economic history from the medieval manor and guild systems through the French Revolution and the development of modern parliamentary democracy. K4. 

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