The Crusades from Setton Book Collection

In German. Prof Mayer is the Professor of Medieval and Modern History at the University of Kiel and a renowned authority on medieval history. In his Preliminary Remarks (Vorbemerkung) Prof. Mayer mentions that the excellent work of Prof. Claude Cahen (to whom the book is dedicated) has tended to overshadow inquiry into the important Crusader state The Principality of Antioch… Read more about this item

Slight fraying on heel and head of spine and on front hinge First 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 bears The last endpapers contain… Read more about this item

Dust jacket: Good; shows some fraying, wear and fading of spine. Volume itself: near fine, with a very little bumping of head and heel of spine. From the library of the distinguished medievalist Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, whose signature it bears. Prof. Le Strange (1854 -… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

In Latin, some French. 381 pages; plus Statutes of the Société for 1881, Number 198 of 500 printed. Very Good: some age-darkening of pages, particularly prefatory section, others quite acceptably bright. Binding completely tight and sound, all pages tight and untorn. Vol. lll des Publications de la Société de l'Orient Latin.. Bears signature and… Read more about this item

267 pages. Small stain on flyleaf, bears bookplate and signature of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Binding absolutely sound, all pages tight and bright, with perhaps a little age-darkening. Reinhold Röhricht (1842-1905) was arguably one of the most indefatigable, intensive, thorough and meticulous compilers, editors and organizers of materials relating to the… Read more about this item

In Latin, some French. 426 pages, plus Statutes of the Société for 1879. Near Fine, binding tight and sound, pages tight, bright, untorn with minimal age-darkening; tops of pages a little soiled from age, Vol. II des Publications de la Société de l'Orient Latin. No. 221 of 500 printed. Bears signature and bookplate of Prof.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Very Good +; very slight fading of spine, slight mark on front board. Anastatic reproduction of the 1891 St. Petersburg edition, with the text in Greek, the introduction in Russian. Volume I was the only one published. Bears bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Ottoman Greek (later Russian) scholar Athanasios … Read more about this item

391 pages; in German and Latin. Rebound; extremely light fraying of head and heel of spine, some age-darkening, otherwise in excellent condition, with all pages tight, clear, unmarked, untorn. Bears bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Heinrich Hagenmeyer (1834-1914) was a groundbreaking scholar of the Crusades, whose standards for publishing and editing sources,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

The classic work on Latins in the Levant, Christian colonies and Crusader States by the eminent philologist and Medieval historian Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610-1688), corrected and completed by the distinguished archaeologist, topographer, orientalist and collector Baron Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (1837-1916), "the father of the archaeology of the Crusades" and first published in 1869. Part of the first series of… Read more about this item

Text is first edition, one of 500 copies on laid rag paper ("papier d'Hollande" - copy # not filled in), binding probably not contemporary, Very good condition, with a little foxing, particularly in first part of volume. Includes all eight of the chansons.The famous chanson de geste in 9000 lines, known in a version of a lost original … Read more about this item

Pages and binding are tight. Pages are a little age-darkened, and have slight foxing here and there. The famous late 12th century chronicle (1101-1230) edited by Louis de Mas Latrie for La Société de L'Histoire de France concerning the fall of Jerusalem (1184-1187) and based upon William of Tyre's account as modified by Bernard,… Read more about this item