Wonders of the World

This illustrated survey asks four writers each to name seven wonders from a historical period: the ancient world, the medieval world, the Renaissance, and modern times. The chosen items include temples, cities, works of art, machines, and sites, some familiar and some less so. Each essay explains how a wonder was made, used, and later regarded. The four lists sit side by side and do not rank a single greatest set. The book is a comparative anthology of built and made marvels, not a tourist guide to the classical Seven Wonders alone.

Bound in image blocked light brown buckram. Pictorial pale brown slipcase.