Search Results: Titles starting with S from Setton Book Collection

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

622 pages. Some abrasions, fading on spine, binding sound and tight, all pages clean, with a little foxing on some initial pages, gentle age-toning.Publication date unknown, but before 1866, when the book was awarded as the Midsummer 1866 Mark Prize at the famous Crypt School, Gloucester (founded 1539). Book appears unread; pupil won it for excellence in arithmetic, so this is perhaps unsurprising.

Very Good +; would be Fine except for the slight wrinkling of the head of spine and a couple of lightly bumped corners. Absolutely no marks, flaws, stains or tears. Binding square, tight and like new.An outstanding collection of reprints of his essays and articles chosen by Kantorowicz himself, and published under the auspices of the Institute for Advanced Study.Ernst H. Kantorowicz (1895 – 1963) was one of the most eminent medievalists of the century and a noted defender of academic and intellectual freedom. To those interested in the subject matter of this book he will need no introduction..

Elegantly bound first edition of Henry Green's famous work tracing linkages and similarities between Shakespeare's thought and expression and the thought and expression of a considerable number of Emblemist writers. Green also provides an overview of the literature of emblems (allegorical illustrations with poetry or prose, descended from Medieval bestiaries), which was a popular genre in the 16th and 17th centuries. He discusses emblems and emblemist art that Shakespeare is known to have seen, as well as those that were contemporary with him.

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 Florentine humanists, as well as how they were regarded by other prominent Florentines of the time.From exhaustive research in the manuscripts of the Archivio di Stato, he has shown that fewer of the leaders of humanistic endeavor relied on outside patronage that had been supposed; he also shows the principal taxpaying families of Florence during the earlier Quattrocento.

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.

3 Volumes complete, 3639 pages; no markings, not ex-library. A little corner bumping and spines are tanned; a little stretching at heads of spines, but no fraying. Otherwise, volumes are in very good condition, with all pages tight, bright, intact and unmarked. Bindings absolutely sound.Prof. Liberty Hyde Bailey's (1858-1954) classic and definitive work, probably best described by its ponderous subtitle:a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists.These three volumes are heavy, and domestic shipping is $20.00; please enquire about international shipping.

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 - 1931) was an eminent historian and professor of religion, and an author and Presbyterian minister. He was a professor at Andover Theological Seminary, and a member of the Harvard Divinity School faculty from 1902 until his retirement in 1928. He was particularly known for this masterwork.This is the definitive translation of this classic into Italian by the distinguished Italian-born American theologian, priest, philosopher, humanist, anti-Facist and medieval scholar Giorgio La Piana, who was also at the Harvard Divinity School, as Morison Professor of Church History from1926 to 1948.La Piana was one of the leading personalities in the… Read More

Some shelf wear, soiling and fading, small water stain, tanning of spine, but binding and pages tight and intact, head and heel of spine intact. One or two pages with marks by former children owners, a very small tear on two pages. Frontispiece illustration.A good + copy of Celia's Thaxter's hard-to-find collection for children. Introduction by Sarah Orne Jewett. One of the most popular writers of the 19th century, Celia Thaxter lived most of her life on the Isles of Shoals, between Maine and New Hampshire, eventually running her father's hotel on Appledore Island and hosting a constellation of the most prominent figures of literary New England; she and her famous gardens were painted by Childe Hassam, and became known far and wide; her gardens can still be visited on Appledore.

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

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.