Ancient History from Setton Book Collection

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

In English; 21 illustrations. The volume itself is in Near Fine condition, completely clean and unmarked and with only very slight corner bumping, having been protected by its dust jacket and never having been a library volume. James Riddick Partington (1886 – 1965) was a eminent British chemist and historian of chemistry who published extensively on the history and principles… Read more about this item

In Italian; La Piana's translation of Moore's History of Religions. Some soiling, age darkening, front and rear hinges & backstrip somewhat tattered, spine tanned, some fraying at spine head and heel but all pages tight, bright, intact and unmarked. Deckled edges. Bears bookplate of Fr. La Piana and a note from him with his signature. George Foot Moore (1851 -… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Very Good. A little tanning of spine and a tanned spot on front board, name of former owner. Part of the Everyman's Library, ed. Ernest Rhys.

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… Read more about this item

Three volumes, near fine; this book appears unused. Eminent 19th century medieval historian, patriot and activist Henry Charles Lea's famous and exhaustive compendium of materials concerning witchcraft from the writings of the early Hebrews down to 1547. A rather amazing collection of materials, both legal and historical, concerning the origin, development, traditions, influence, stages of belief and influence, and differences… Read more about this item