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Byzantine Empire Books & Ephemera
Le Droit Franc en Syrie pendant les Croisades
by Hayek, Dimitri
163 pages. In French. Good +; binding is sound and tight. All pages are clean, tight and intact but age-darkened, with occasional light pencil underlining and one or two very small tears due to fragility of the paper. Binding is somewhat age-darkened, spine a little tanned. From the library of Medievalist John La Monte, whose signature it bears, then the library of medievalist Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Study, whose bookplate it bears.The Christian Lebanese Doctor of...
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£101.16
Alde Manuce et L'Hellinisme à Venise
by Ambroise Firmin-Didot
Firmin-Didot's well-known study of Alde Manuce (Aldus Manutius or Aldo Manuzio ca. 1450-1515), the famous Venetian printer, scholar, humanist, typeface inventor, Philhellene, and founder of the Aldine Press, and his involvement in printing and making available original classic Greek texts, in the context of Hellenism in Venice and elsewhere in the Renaissance. First published in Paris in 1875.Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876) was a scion of the famous Didot family of printers, publishers and...
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£60.70
![Byzantium in the Seventh Century. [Volume] I: 602-634](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/334/445/375445334.0.b.jpg)
Byzantium in the Seventh Century. [Volume] I: 602-634
by Stratos, Andreas N
Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1968. 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. Near Fine. This volume only. folding map, x, 430p. Original red cloth. 25cm. Minor wear only. No Jacket. English translation of "To Byzantion ston Hebdomon Aiona." A total of five volumes were published between 1968 and 1980.
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£182.09
Guarino Epistolario
by Guarino de Verona, ed. Remigio Sabbadini
Three volumes, 1994 pages. In Latin and Italian. Some bumping and abrasion to the Inside edge of the rear board of volume lll, a little corner-bumping to the front board of volume ll, some abrasion to the title label of volume ll, two very small stains on top edges of pages of volumes l and lll. All bindings tight, all pages bright and unmarked; interior of all volumes in fine condition. Bears bookplate of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.This is a very good...
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£202.33
![[POETIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SIEGE AND THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE] Mahrûse-i Istanbul fetihnâmesi: Tâcîzâde Tugrâyî Cafer Çelebi münseâtindan. [i.e. The book of the conquest of Constantinople the Almighty City].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/617/320/1497320617.0.b.jpg)
[POETIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SIEGE AND THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE] Mahrûse-i Istanbul fetihnâmesi: Tâcîzâde Tugrâyî Cafer Çelebi münseâtindan. [i.e. The book of the conquest of Constantinople the Almighty City].
by TÂCÎZÂDE CAFER ÇELEBI, (1452-1515)
Istanbul (Constantinople): Tarih-i Osmânî Encümeni Mecmuasi / Ahmed Ihsan ve Sürekâsi Matbaacilik Osmanli Sirketi., [AH 1331], 1915. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Modern cloth bdg. Small 4to. (26 x 19 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 24 p. First edition of this epic and historically important account, describing the siege and fall of the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople by Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II in...
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£606.98
Neshri's History of the Ottoman Empire
by Ménage, V.L
Like new except for some slight age-darkening, some slight tanning of spine and rear top edge of dust jacket and a very little wrinkling at top of dust jacket. No damage to volume itself; a coupe of light pencil marks.Victor Louis Ménage (1920 – 2015) was a British historian, Turkologist, specialist in the early Ottoman Empire, holder of the Chair of Turkish in the University of London, and an editor of the Encyclopedia of Islam. His important monograph is one of the best studies of the evolution...
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£101.16
Essai de Chronographie Byzantine 1057-1453, par Edouard de Muralt
by Muralt, Edouard von
Bale et Geneve: H. Georg; St-Petersbourg: Eggers et Comp, 1871. Hardcover. Good. index, xviii, 932p. Later blue boards backed in plain untitled vellum (original gray wrapper bound in). 22cm. Moderate cover soiling and wear. French text.
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£222.56
Essai sur la Civilisation Byzantine
by Hesseling, D. C
Oaris: Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1907. Hardcover. Good. [12], 381p. Later blue cloth. Front cover of original wrapper bound in. 18cm. Contents browned. French text.
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£32.37
Blasone Veneto
by Coronelli, Vincenzo
Number 169 of 600 numbered copies. Small tear on top front of dust jacket, spine of dust jacket is tanned; what appears to be a water stain on back board and inside of dust jacket, a little age-related wear to dust jacket. Apart from the stain on back board, volume is in essentially new condition.
Filippi Editore's 1975 reprint of V. Coronelli's 1706 revision of his 1693 general heraldic guide to the coats of arms of nearly 900 patrician Venetian families, crowns and crests of dignitaries, insignia of... Read more about this item
Filippi Editore's 1975 reprint of V. Coronelli's 1706 revision of his 1693 general heraldic guide to the coats of arms of nearly 900 patrician Venetian families, crowns and crests of dignitaries, insignia of... Read more about this item
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£60.70
Southeastern Europe under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804
by Sugar, Peter F
365 pages. Binding tight, all pages bright, white, no tears or stains. A coupe of small spots, a little corner bumping, one or two small notes. Written name of owner, K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute fro Advanced Study in Princeton.Professor Sugar's overview and exposition of one of the least studied areas of the Ottoman Empire and its influence on the countries of the Balkans and European provinces of the Empire. Volume V of the University of Washington Press's A History of East Central Europe.
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La Situation Mondiale de l'Empire Byzantin avant les Croisades. Traduction Francaise par Renauld et Kozlowski
by Neumann, Carl
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 115p. Later buckram. Front cover of original wrapper mounted on front cover. 24cm. Moderately browned. INSCRIBED on half-title by both translators. French text. Extrait de la Revue de l'Orient Latin, tome X.
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£40.46
Byzantine World, The
by Hussey J. M
Harper & Row / Torch Books. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. Softcover. A trade paperback with tanning to the spine and around the edges of the covers. Light soiling to the covers and edgewear. This is a tightly bound copy with a clean & unmarked interior. "This is an account of Byzantine culture, from the foundation of the Empire in 330 to its downfall in 1453. The book is devoted to the history of the Byzantine Empire and to short essays on various aspects of its political, religious...
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£9.03
Die Letzten Tage von Konstantinopel (von Ivákna), Die Normannen in Thessalonike (Hunger)
by Hunger, Herbert, Von Ivánka, Endre
Some age darkening, particularly on back covers. Otherwise, all pages tight, clean and unmarked, no stickers, not ex-library. Very slight tear in dust jacket of Die Normannen. Bear light pencil mark on both covers, Die Letzten Tage bears name in ink of distinguished medievalist Prof. K. M. Setton (1914 - 1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.
Either volume available separately for $30.00.
Prof. Endre Von Ivánka (1902-1974) was a German-Hungarian theologian and philologist. He was Professor... Read more about this item
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Prof. Endre Von Ivánka (1902-1974) was a German-Hungarian theologian and philologist. He was Professor... Read more about this item
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£44.51
L'Iconoclasme Byzantin: Dossier Archeologique
by Grabar, Andre
Paris: College de France, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. black & white plates, 277p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Former owner's name. French text.
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£80.93
Antologia della Letteratura Italiana
by Gianni, Angelo; Balestrieri, Mario; Pasquali, Angelo (Eds.)
3 Parts in 5 volumes. In Italian. Not an ex-library copy. Bears written name of original owner. All bindings tight, pages completely unmarked, with a little age-browning. Vol.1, parts 1&2 have a couple of bumped corners, part 1 has a couple of light spots. Vol.2, part 1 has a loose rear hinge. Vol 3, part 1 has a little crinkling of spine ( see photograph) and part 2 has a small tear at head of spine.Originally intended as an anthology for college preparatory Italian State Examinations, this 5-volume...
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£68.79
Veneto-Byzantinische Analekten
by Hopf, Karl
In German. 166 pages. Book essentially as new except for tanning on spine, small stain on top of front board, two small scuff marks on rear board. Bears bookplate and signature of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.Session reports of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical class, session of 3 November 1859; Volume XXXII, Part III. Reprint of the Vienna Academy edition 1856. By Professor Karl Hopf (1832-1873), expert on Greece in the Middle...
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The Agora of Athens
by Thompson, Homer A., Wycherly, R.E
A couple of minor tears in top edge of the dust jacket; volume itself is completely clean and unmarked except for inscription from Prof. Thompson to the distinguished medievalist Prof, Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (whose copy this was and whose bookplate it bears), where they were colleagues, and again in 1960/61 at The American School of Classical Studies in Athens when Prof. Setton directed the "Gennadion."
The 14th volume of the magisterial 22-volume series The... Read more about this item
The 14th volume of the magisterial 22-volume series The... Read more about this item
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£101.16
Italian Weights and Measures from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century
by Zupko, Ronald Edward
339 pages. Very good +, with a little tanning of spine; binding is tight, all pages clear, unmarked and pristine. Inscription by Prof. Zupko to the former owner, Prof. Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study; flyleaf bears his ownership stamp.Prof. Zupko is an acknowledged expert in historical metrology and the development of measurement systems from the medieval period to modern times. In Italy, standardization of measures developed very late (really not until...
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£56.65
Markgraf Conrad von Montferrat
by Ilgen, Theodor
In German and Latin. 137 pages. Volume is solid, binding tight, all pages intact and unmarked, with a little soiling of boards, and a little age-darkening.Bears signature of former owner, Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study.German archivist and historian Theodor Ilgen (1854-1924) received his doctorate in history at the University of Marburg and afterwards worked as an archivist at the state archives in Marburg, Düsseldorf and Münster. From 1900 to 1921 he was...
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Symbolarum Criticarum, Geographiam Byzantinam Spectantium, Partes Duae
by Tafel, Gottlieb Lukas Friedrich, 1787-1860
[Munchen]: Auf Kosten der Akademie, 1849. Hardcover. Fair. 2 parts bound in 1. 107, 136p. Old marbled boards backed in library buckram. 25cm. Cover corners heavily chipped. Ex lib. (John Crerar Library). Library markings included a perforated stamp on both title-leaves. Contents sound. Latin text. Abhandlungen fer historischen Classe der Kgl. Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; Bd. 5, Abt. 2 und 3.
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£242.79
Bistümer, Klöster und Stifte im Königreich Jerusalem
by Mayer, Hans Eberhard
In German. 438 pages. Volume 26 of the distinguished series of publications of the German Monumenta Germaniae Historica Institute in Munich.Bears bookplate and signature of eminent medievalist and expert on the Crusades Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, as well as an inscription from his friend Prof. Dr. Mayer to him.15 masterful studies by H.E. Mayer, an acknowledged expert on the Crusades, of the development, governance, founding, history and rivalries among...
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Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1100-1291
by La Monte, John L
Slight fraying on heel and head of spine and on front hingeFirst edition. Signed by the author and his personal copy. Subsequently from the library of the distinguished medievalist Kenneth M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, whose signature the volume also bearsThe last endpapers contain a list of reviews of the work together with a partial list of Prof. La Monte's publications, probably in his handwriting; there are a few neat marginal notes.John L. La...
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The Government of Florence Under the Medici 1434 to 1494
by Rubinstein, Nicolai
Near Fine; a couple of small tears at front bottom of dust jacket, some tanning of dust jacket spine and top edge and a little soiling on back; volume itself in near fine/fine condition except for a few very small stains on front page edges.. A hard-to-find first edition of Rubinstein's classic investigation into the mechanisms and strategists used by the Medici to maintain control and authority in a milieu where they had no more formal power or authority than other citizens. Based on hitherto...
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£283.26
Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans
by Zoras, George
In Greek. Volume in Fine condition, with a couple of small stains on spine and two spots on title page; no tears, no corner bumping, all pages tight and bright, binding like new. Bears signature and bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.The Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans found in the Barberini Greek Codex lll in the critical edition with commentary, name tables and notes published by Professor George Zoras of the University of Athens.This book is rare.
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£202.33
