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Saint George

Saint George

by Gordon, E.O

A little corner bumping, small chip and fraying at head of spine, Front hinge starting, some age-darkening, all pages clean, unmarked and intact. Some light pencil writing on front pastedown. Gilding on spine worn.
Printed on heavy stock with 25 illustrations. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Full blindstamped pictorial cover showing armored and visored St. George slaying the dragon, with sun, castle, distressed damsel and SCUS GEORGIUS in lower panel, bordered by stag and hound, lions, gryphons, castle... Read more about this item
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£44.71
The Social World of the Florentine Humanists 1390 - 1460

The Social World of the Florentine Humanists 1390 - 1460

by Martines, Lauro

Book condition would be Near Fine, save for a little foxing on top page edges, and slight bumping at heel of spine. Spine of dust jacket is tanned, and there are a couple of very small tears on the back of it, as well as a tiny chip out of it at back of head of spine. Binding itself is tight, solid and straight. All pages bright, clean and unmarked.Prof. Martines broke new ground with this book, describing the social, political, financial, familial and civic circumstances and backgrounds of prominent... Read more about this item
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£40.64
Byzantium in the Seventh Century. [Volume] I: 602-634

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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£182.90
Palestine Under the Moslems:

Palestine Under the Moslems:

by Le Strange, Guy

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 - 1933) was the leading British Orientalist of his time who specialized in the historical geography of the premodern Middle East and eastern Islamic domains. This is the first... Read more about this item
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£40.64
Die Letzten Tage von Konstantinopel (von Ivákna), Die Normannen in Thessalonike (Hunger)

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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£44.71
Southeastern Europe under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804

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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£32.52
A Summary Catalogue of Microfilms of One Thousand Scientific Manuscripts in The Ambrosiana

A Summary Catalogue of Microfilms of One Thousand Scientific Manuscripts in The Ambrosiana

by Gabriel, Astrik L

Book is as new except for a lightly bumped corner. Dust jacket shows some wear at bottom front, light foxing on spine of dust jacket.
Abbot Gabriel's thorough and meticulous work on the extraordinary corpus of Ambrosiana microfilm at The Mediaeval Institute of the University of Notre Dame. The works follow scientific progress from the 10th to the eighteenth centuries, including works in all branches of science from giants of scientific progress like Euclid, Galen, Pliny, Avicenna, Neckham, Bacon, Da... Read more about this item
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£52.84
The Agora of Athens

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
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£101.61
Originality in Byzantine Literature, Art and Music

Originality in Byzantine Literature, Art and Music

by Littlewood, A. R., editor

Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1995. Hardcover. Fine. illustrations, index, x, 228p. Original laminated boards. 25cm. No Jacket (as issued?).
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£101.61
Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta. [Volumes I and II]

Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta. [Volumes I and II]

Beograd: Srpska akademija nauka, 1953. Paperback. Very Good. These two volumes only. photos, 283, 237p. Wrappers. 25cm. Covers browned and tender at folds. Almost entirely unopened. Serbian text.
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£40.64
The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography

The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography

by Polemis, Demetrois I

London: Athlone Press, 1968. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. folding chart, xv, 214p. Original dark blue cloth. dj (price-clipped). 23cm.
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£162.58
Papsttum und Byzanz: Die Trennung der beinden Machte und das Probleme ihrer Wiedervereinigung bis zum Ubergange des Byzantinischen Reichs

Papsttum und Byzanz: Die Trennung der beinden Machte und das Probleme ihrer Wiedervereinigung bis zum Ubergange des Byzantinischen Reichs

by Norden, Walter

Berlin: B. Behr's Verlag, 1903. Paperback. Good. xix, 764p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Cover browned and moderately worn. Contents partially unopened. French text.
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£60.97
Varia Antiochena

Varia Antiochena

by Mayer, Hans Eberhard

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 (1098–1287), and this work seeks to provide material to remedy that deficiency.

This is volume 6 of the prestigious series... Read more about this item
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£60.97
The Government of Florence Under the Medici 1434 to 1494

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... Read more about this item
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£284.52
Le Rappresentazioni Sacre Nella Letteratura Bizantina

Le Rappresentazioni Sacre Nella Letteratura Bizantina

by La Piana, Giorgio

In Italian. Edges of paper cover a little tattered, spine faded, front cover hinge a little fragile. Some age-darkening, but all pages are tight, intact and unmarked. Addenda page slightly torn.Inscribed by Prof. La Piana to Josephine Setton, (wife of the distinguished medieval historian K.M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study) who helped him with his writing in English.Giorgio La Piana was an Italian-born American theologian, priest, philosopher, humanist and medieval scholar. He was... Read more about this item
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£52.84
[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].

[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... Read more about this item
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£609.68
Mœurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et à L’Epoque de la Renaissance

Mœurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et à L’Epoque de la Renaissance

by Paul Lacroix

Some rubbing of cover, paper of front hinge cracked. 599 pages.This famous book depicts all aspects of ordinary and extraordinary life in the Renaissance, from the historical context to feudal and communal rights and privileges, the private lives of nobles, townsfolk and peasants, food, cooking, mining and the hunt. In 440 engravings and 15 beautifully colored lithographs by the German lithographer Franz Kellerhoven (1814-1872) Lacroix shows everything from dancing and commerce to professions and... Read more about this item
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£528.38
The Kingdom in the Sun

The Kingdom in the Sun

by Norwich, John Julius

No stamps, no marks, slight folds on dust jacket flaps, very slight fraying on head of spine of dustjacket, very slight bump on head of volume spine, otherwise as new. Jacket price-clipped.
When on Christmas Day 1130 Roger de Hauteville (Roger II) was crowned the first King of Sicily, a period of peace, prosperity and artistic flourishing began which lasted until 1194.
Popular historian Viscount Norwich describes in this second volume of his readable and engaging history of the "Second Norman Conquest"... Read more about this item
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£39.02
Greek Scholars in Venice

Greek Scholars in Venice

by Geanakoplos, Dino John

348 pages. Small tear on front corner of dust jacket, binding slightly cocked; otherwise volume in excellent condition. Spine of dust jacket is tanned.
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£40.64
Byzantine World, The

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... Read more about this item
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£8.98
The Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantonople

The Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantonople

by Alexander, Paul J

Very Good; some fading of dust jacket, a little wear at corners of jacket, one corner of volume slightly bumped, spine of jacket tanned. Bears name and bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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£28.45
Veneto-Byzantinische Analekten

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... Read more about this item
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£40.64
La Chanson d'Antioche

La Chanson d'Antioche

by Paris, Alexis Paulin, Richard le pèlerin, Graindor de Douay

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 composed about 1180 and attributed to Richard le Pèlerin, a pilgrim who was on the spot and began composition during the siege of Antioch, inspired by the events of... Read more about this item
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£203.22
L'Iconoclasme Byzantin: Dossier Archeologique

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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£81.29
Printing in the Fifteenth Century

Printing in the Fifteenth Century

by Winship, George Parker

Volume is completely solid, binding undamaged in any way, all pages tight and bright, with perhaps a touch of age-darkening. Has some staining on endpapers. Spine appears faded, even though it has been protected by an untorn, unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some soiling, tanning of spine.A publication of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography.
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£24.39
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