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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 Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, this definitive volume traces the history of the center of Athenian civic life from the Neolithic Period to the present. Discussed are civic, administrative, cultural, commercial and religious structures, shrines and temples. Drainage systems, roads, mills and other practical matters of life during the successive periods of occupation and activity are also discussed.

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 H.E. Mayer, an acknowledged expert on the Crusades, of the development, governance, founding, history and rivalries among the monasteries, bishoprics, churches and major ecclesiastic and temporal powers in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem from about 1100 to about 1180.

In Greek. Volume in Fine condition, with a couple of small stains on spine and two spots on title page; no tears, no corner bumping, all pages tight and bright, binding like new. Bears signature and bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.The Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans found in the Barberini Greek Codex lll in the critical edition with commentary, name tables and notes published by Professor George Zoras of the University of Athens.This book is rare.

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 at the Institute of Greek Philology in Budapest and Professor of Byzantine philology and intellectual history at the University of Graz.
He published the Byzantinische Geschichtsschreiber series of which these two volumes (vols. l and lll of the series) are an abridgement of the respective subject matter.
Die Letzten Tage von Konstantinopel (von Ivákna) is an abridged version of Prof. von Ivánka's translation and explication of the part of the Chronicon Maius attributed to Georges Sphrantzes… Read More

Slight fraying on heel and head of spine and on front hingeFirst 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 bearsThe last endpapers contain a list of reviews of the work together with a partial list of Prof. La Monte's publications, probably in his handwriting; there are a few neat marginal notes.John L. La Monte (1902 - 1949) was a distinguished and productive scholar and Byzantinist specializing in the Middle Ages, the Crusades and the Latin Church's establishments in the Holy Land; his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 47.This work is still considered one of the best regarding the organization and political, financial, legal, military and administrative structures of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and its dependent states. The work concentrates on the institution of the… Read More

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

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" the coming to power and the rule of Roger II in the tolerant and relatively harmonious Kingdom of Sicily.
Fending off rebellions, invasions and Pope Innocent II, who was concerned by the Normans' increasing power, Roger died in 1154. He was succeeded by his son William I (the "Bad" [who really wasn't]), who in turn was succeeded by his son William II, and the Kingdom of Sicily continued to flourish until around 1194, when William III was deposed and the Kingdom fell in 1194 to the House of Hohenstaufen.

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 1097–99. The climax of the First Crusade, the conquest of Antioch and Jerusalem, laid the foundations of the Crusader states. The Chanson was elaborated and to a degree mythologized and became part of the Crusader cycle of romances popular in the 14th century.
The Chanson was pretty much forgotten until it was printed and published in 1848 (during the Gothic Revival) by the French scholar and medievalist Alexis Paulin Paris (1800-1881), the first holder of the chair of Medieval literature at the Collège… Read More

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 it bears, then the library of medievalist Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Study, whose bookplate it bears.The Christian Lebanese Doctor of Legal Sciences Dimitri Hayek's very hard-to-find-work on the creation, structure, enforcement, administration and comparison with Muslim law of Frankish feudal law in Syria after the conquest in 1098.

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 ordained a Catholic priest in 1900, came to the United States in 1913, began teaching at Harvard in 1916, obtained American citizenship in 1918 and was Morison Professor of Church History at Harvard Divinity School from 1926 to 1948.La Piana was one of the leading personalities in the modernist religious movement and controversy in Italy at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.
He and acted as a liaison between American and Italian scholars and intellectuals during World War ll.… Read More

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 worked as an archivist at the state archives in Marburg, Düsseldorf and Münster. From 1900 to 1921 he was director of the archives at Düsseldorf.His biographical monograph of Conrad of Montferrat has been reprinted many times, but this original 1880 edition is extremely hard to find.Corrado del Monferrato ( d. 1192) was a north Italian nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade and the de facto King of Jerusalem (as Conrad I) as a result of his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. He was also the eighth Marquess of Montferrat from 1191, and a Crusader of distinction, thwarting Saladin… Read More

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 the Chair of Turkish in the University of London, and an editor of the Encyclopedia of Islam. His important monograph is one of the best studies of the evolution and origins of some of the material in Mevlânâ Mehmed Neshri's important history of the Ottoman Empire. Neshri (also NeÅŸri) (1450 - 1520) was a relatively obscure figure apart from his role as an early Ottoman historian. His work has provided an important source for the history of the Ottomans of the time, and was drawn from a number of sources and traditions, as well as his personal experiences of the death of Mehmed ll and the subsequent Janissary riots of 1481 .Ménage identifies many of the… Read More

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 edition of the reprint by Khayats Beirut of his classic 1890 anthology and translations of contemporary writings of Islamic scholars and travelers about the lands, architecture, geography and peoples in the region, particularly in Syria and Palestine. Includes map of Syria and Palestine in the Middle Ages times according to the descriptions of Arab geographers.Original publication date 1890, Publisher A.P. Watt, London

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.

In French.
Corners slightly bunped, no foxing, very small tear at head of spine, sewn signatures tight, but somewhat loose in paper binding, all pages clear, intact and unmarked.
Olfert Dapper's (1636 – 1689) copper engraving of Thessaloniki from 1688 appears on the cover.
This very hard-to find book by Prof. Michael Laskaris (1903-1965), a distinguished Balkanologist at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, provides some interesting information on the history of Thessaloniki during the 18th century, which has significant gaps, particularly during the Ottoman period. It is well-written, and features clear accounts written by experienced diplomats.
The first part of the book, "Salonique et sa région" includes consular reports by Jean Vincent Arasy, consul of France in Thessaloniki at the end of the 18th century, which provide significant information on the population, professions, consulates, organizations and significant communities of the city. There is also some discussion of everyday life and… Read More

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 walls, suns, florals.
Elizabeth Oke Buckland Gordon (born c. 1825) was a writer and the biographer of her father, distinguished geologist, paleontologist, theologian and Dean of Westminster William Buckland.
This a careful and considered account of the saint as an historical figure as well as a history of the knights of St. George, the Order of the Garter, and St. George's powerful military and symbolic influence on Christianity. The widespread commemoration of him in liturgy, customs, traditions, art… Read More

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.

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 Vinci, Newton, Galileo and many more.
In some cases, these microfilms are now the only source of these documents, owing to war damage, etc. Abbot Gabriel researched and verified all references and items in the Abrosiana.
Fr. Astrik L Gabriel, O. Praem (1907 - 2005) was, among many other accomplisments,, the world's leading authority on the history of the medieval university; he was Director and Professor Emeritus of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and founder of the Astrik L Gabriel… Read More

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 Monumenta Germania Historica from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Flyleaf bears signature of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995), eminent medievalist at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, to whom Prof. Mayer gave this copy.

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 Ages from the Universities of Greifswald and Königsberg.Venice and the Byzantine empire. The German Order in Greece, Venetian dynastic history in the Greek archipelago. Ramon Muntaner and the Catalan Company, defense of Greece from the Turks.