Search Results: Authors starting with D from Setton Book Collection

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, le Trésorier de Saint-Pierre de Corbie. 585 pages.

3 volumes ONLY, full leather, gold stamped title, vol. # on black labels, some nicks and scratches on covers, names previous owners, including bookplate of Prof. K.M. Setton of the Institute for Advanced Study, considerable wear on spines, but bindings of all volumes are tight, all pages are clean and intact with little age-tinting, virtually no foxing.Joseph Louis Ripault Désormeaux's (1724-1793) classic (and probably unique) study of the Montmorency family, which Louis XV, when asked about this work, is said to have equated with the history of France.Les Montmorency were among the most prestigious French noble families, providing France with several constables including Anne and Henri de Montmorency, Marshall of France François, Admiral of France Charles.

The Charles Dickens Edition, 545 pages with eight illustrations.A very nice contemporary (undated) copy of Dickens's classic, published between 1867 and 1879 (Chapman and Hall published some undated editions during that period). Very good condition, with some foxing on illustrations and a little rubbing on edges, hinges, heel and head of spine. All pages are tight, clean and unmarked, with very slight age-darkening; binding tight, completely intact; some slight bumping of corners.

Very Good -. The first edition of 1883, two volumes in one, 805 pages. Binding and all pages are firm and tight, a little foxing on early pages, some age-darkening, 2 corners slightly bumped, some abrasion on heel of spine, hinges and edge of front board.
Dittenberger's famous collection of Greek inscriptions from Greece and Asia Minor, including inscriptions from the 6th century B.C. up until 565 A.D. Commentaries in Latin. Even after more than 100 years Dittenberger's magnum opus is still useful to students of ancient history, providing a convenient reference to the most important inscriptions in Greek over a period of 1000 years.

One corner bumped, front hinge a little weak, some scuffing, but all pages tight, bright, clean and intact, with a few neat penciled notes. Bears bookplate of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Translation of: Wirtschaftliche und soziale Grundlagen der europäishchen Kulturentwicklung. The first American edition of Dopsch's second edition (1923-24) of Die Wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Grundlagen der Europäischen Kulturentwicklung. Somewhat condensed by Prof. Erna Patzelt from the original.Dopsch's ambitious and magisterial account of the foundations of European civilization from the the so-called "earliest" period (Caesar to Tacitus), the division of the soil and agrarian economy in the late Roman and early medieval periods, the development of political structure and the organization of society, the influence of the church, the rise of feudalism, town life, industry and trade, the development of currency and a money economy, and more. A… Read More