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Madrid: Editorial Maestre. Very Good. 1954. Paperback. 109 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; wrappers dust toned, corners creased, owner's name. Discurso leido el dia 10 de Enero de 1954, en la recepción pública de D. Leopoldo Torres Balbás y contestación de D. Emilio Garcia Gomez. .

London: Printed for the Camden Society By John Bowyer Nichols and Son. Very Good+. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. xxii + [2] + 112 + [36] pages; Publisher's dark green-grey cloth, spine lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, with an arabesque pattern stamped in blind on the front and rear covers, pale yellow endpapers. The half title states: "The French Chronicle of London. " First printed edition of an important source for the Mediaeval history of London -- forming the latter portion of a parchment book in 8vo preserved among the Cottonian Manuscripts. It was written in old Norman French, evidently around the middle of the fourteenth century, but the name of the compiler has been lost. An excellent example of Camden Society Publication XXVIII -- top edges of the leaves unopened. Binding is clean and tight, with only light shelfwear at the spine ends.; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that… Read More

Christianiae [Norway]: typis C. Gröndahl. Good. 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. [2], vi, 220 & 3 ff. facs pages; Contemporary patterned brown cloth, somewhat shaken, lacks the spine. The title page is detached, but present (having been attached to the following pair of leaves by an old-fashioned paper-clip). With the Library of Congress bookplate ("Huitfeldt-Kaas Collection") mounted to the front paste-down endpaper. There is a handsome presentation inscription on the facing blank leaf, from Peter Andreas Munch, to Christian Lange. Beneath this inscription is the LC Surplus-Duplicate stamp in red ink. Apart from a tiny "LC" perforated stamp on the title page, there are no other library marks. There are a few neatly written annotations in brown ink, including two ms. additions to the list of errata at the end. This is the first printed edition of documents relating the history of Munkeliv Abbey -- founded as a Benedictine abbey by King Eystein I… Read More

New York: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. viii, (2), 700 pages; Unmarked and secure in original black binding with bright gilt lettering in nice dustjacket with minor nick at head of spine. With over 6,600 entries; this excellent reference work covers the period 300 to 1500 AD. .

Vilna [Vilnius, Lithuania]: Rom - Bi-defus ha-almanah yehe-ahim Rom. Good. 1890. Hardcover. 2 vols. pages; Contemporary half pebbled dark brown morocco over black cloth. Considerable wear and rubbing to the corners, both backstrips now lost. Two volume edition of Isaac Aboab's Menorat ha-Maor, the great household book of medieval Jews. This two volume edition also has the commentary and Yiddish version of Moses Frankfurter [1672-1762] -- Nefesh Yehudah. The volumes were printed in Vilnius, Lithuania -- a major Jewish center at the time of publication. There are title pages in Hebrew and Russian (both detached and worn in the margins), followed by title pages entirely in Hebrew. 324; 328 pp. (After the Holocaust, Vilnius has a Jewish population of about half of one percent; books like this one certainly suffered a similar catastrophic decline in fortune). The provenance of our set is interesting. Leopold Strouse, the Baltimore philanthropist gave these volumes to Johns… Read More

Macon (France): Protat Freres. Very Good+. 1866. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xlv, 451 ; xv, 618 pages; Two volume set in a handsome contemporary binding: Plum-brown morocco spines over rose & black pattern printed paper covered boards, marbled endpapers. Minor bumping to the lower corners, a few minor abrasions to the rear gutters of the spines, but a fresh and nice looking binding from the time of publication of this two volume set, a significant contribution to mediaeval history; (the account of the Bishops goes up to the beginning of the 19th century). Published 1866, 1867. With full page lithographic frontispieces to each volume, and a large folding map (in excellent condition, with no tears or damage at the folds). Originally published in printed wrappers. This set was bound with an owner's idenification in gilt at the foot of each spine: "H. Dor." Suggestions of the identity of this owner gratefully received. Fairly scarce, even institutionally.… Read More

Paris: A la Librairie orientaliste de Ve Dondey-Dupré. Very Good. 1836. Hardcover. xlii , (2) , 324 pages; Contents clean and secure in a contemporary binding of quarter leather and marbled boards, five raised bands and gilt lettering at spine, marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed at extremitiesfirst blank after marbled endpapers detached. Fascinating and thorough history of the Saracens in France by noted medievalist Joseph Toussaint Reinaud. The Saracens (the Arabs, Berbers, Moors and Turks) invaded France at various times from the beginning of the 8th century and occupied the country for a century. Charles Martel defeated the Saracens at Poitiers in 732, driving them to Provence in southeastern France. They were defeated in several battles there, but retained control of part of the Massif des Maures. They built a fortress on the heights overlooking the current village of la Garde-Freinet, about 20 km northwest of St Tropez. From their fortress, the Saracens raided the surrounding… Read More

Louvain: Institut Supérieur de Philosophie de l'Université. Good. 1913. First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Les Philosophes Belges - Textes et Etudes (Vol VIII); vii, (1), 74, 175 pages; Contents clean and complete, housed in modern patterned portfolio with original rear wrapper and most of backstrip, lacks front wrapper. OCLC 949046469 Gaston Wallebrand (1884-1941) is one of the pioneers in the study of medieval linguistic theory. His edition of Siger de Courtrai's grammatical and logical writings was the first modern edition with a substantial introduction to the medieval linguistic text belonging to the so-called Modistic tradition. Wallerand succeeded in giving a remarkably informed exposition of the development of medieval grammar. Siger de Courtrai (Latin Sigerus de Cortraco , Flemish Zeger van Kortrijk ) was a grammarian and philosopher of language from the Modistes school. He was born in Kortrijk around 1283 and died in Paris in 1341. He made his… Read More

Zürich: Meyer und Zeller. Very Good. 1858. Hardcover. 2 p.l., 203 & [1, errata] pages; Contemporary pattern-printed paper-covered boards, flat spine ruled in gilt, red titling slip lettered in gilt. Probably a publisher's binding. This is one of the early modern editions of "Orendel" -- a Middle High German poem, traditionally called a "Spielmannsdichtung." The first 103 pages contain the edition of the poem in the Middle High German original with numbered stanzas, and the final 100 pages consist of the introduction and notes by the editor Ludwig Ettmüller. This introduction cites the oldest manuscript of this poem, (Orendel is thought to date from the 12th century) known to the editor, which he states was written on paper in 1477 (small folio, on 64 leaves); in Ettmüller's time, this manuscript was in the Stadbibliothek in Strassburg. Today, alas, it is considered to be lost. Ettmüller also mentions a printed edition from Augsburg… Read More

Fribourg en Brisgau: Musée des Augustins. Very Good. 1947. Original Printed wrappers. 40, 8 (plates) pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; wrapper lightly soiled. .

Washington: Dumbarton Oaks. Near Fine. 2004. Hardcover. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 57; 308 pages; Contents clean and tight in original green cloth binding, former owner's name on ffep. Contents include: KITZINGER, 1912-2003; SPIESER: Introduction; BARKER: Late Byzantine Thessalonike - A Second City's Challenges and Responses (Appendix 1: Late Byzantine Thessalonike: Chronological Highlights and Appendix 2: Interpretations of the Zealots); BAKIRTZIS: The Urban Continuity and Size of Late Byzantine Thessalonike; CURCIC: The Role of Late Byzantine Thessalonike in Church Architecture in the Balkans; JACOBY: Foreigners and the Urban Economy in Thessalonike, ca. 1150-ca. 1450; NECIPOGLU: The Aristocracy in Late Byzantine Thessalonike: A Case Study of the City's Archontes (Late 14th and Early 15th Centuries); TINNEFELD: Intellectuals in Late Byzantine Thessalonike; MORRISSON: The Emperor, the Saint, and the City: Coinage and Money in Thessalonike from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth… Read More

Bruxelles: Byzantin. Very Good+. 1954. Pamphlet. Autograph; 6 pages; Extrait de BYZANTIN, T. XXIII (1953). Inscribed on front wrapper "A Monsieur Francis R. Walton, hommage de l'auteur" OCLC: 70077125; Signed by Author; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .