Search Results: Authors starting with A from Setton Book Collection

The classic work on Latins in the Levant, Christian colonies and Crusader States by the eminent philologist and Medieval historian Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610-1688), corrected and completed by the distinguished archaeologist, topographer, orientalist and collector Baron Emmanuel Guillaume-Rey (1837-1916), "the father of the archaeology of the Crusades" and first published in 1869.Part of the first series of Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de FranceSome age-darkening, but all pages are complete and tight with virtually no foxing.Although unauthenticated, this copy may bear, in addition to the name of the owner, the signature of Baron Guillaume-Rey.998 pages.

Near fine: a couple of very minor scratches on spine, a little fraying at head of spine, slipcase shows a little shelf wear. Interior of volume and front and back boards are pristine.This volume was a personal gift from Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923 - 2005) to the eminent medievalist Kenneth M. Setton (1914 – 1995) on the occasion of a visit by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace to her hometown of Philadelphia in the 1960's. (Professor Setton was at the time Director of Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania.) Bound into the volume is the prince's card, with a note in his handwriting to professor Setton.This is a deluxe binding on heavy hand-laid paper with deckled edges and gilt page tops. It is one of a limited number of copies; this copy however is not numbered, apparently because it came from the royal family. It appears to be similar to the 400 Papeteries du Marais exemplars as the pages do not bear the watermarked arms of the Grimaldi family. This edition was published on 11… Read More

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.

Very good condition, all pages tight and clean with no foxing, stains or tearing; some abrasion on hinge of front cover and glue separation from front board, though stitching is still tight.This work follows Admiral Mahan's (1840-1914) classic and highly influential The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783 (1890), and his masterful and comprehensive analysis of French (particularly) and European naval warfare in the period between the American War of Independence and the French Revolution in The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (2 vols., 1892).In The Interest of America in Sea Power (1897), a collection of articles and essays he wrote for a number publications, he explains the centrality of maritime capability for the present and future of the United States, and endeavors to make his fellow citizens aware of their challenges, responsibilities and critical need for sea power. Mahan was certainly the most influential American author of the 19th century… Read More

557 pages. Very good condition, with a few penciled numbers from owner's cataloging, a little age-soiling on cover and a couple of slightly bumped corners; all pages clean, tight and secure, except title page, which has detached.Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's classic and highly influential study of the importance of sea power (he invented the term). According to naval historian Suzanne Geissler, Mahan may have been the most influential American author of the 19th century, certainly in terms of his influence on the navies of the world at the time, and up until today; arguably his work was pivotal in establishing the United States as a world power.

Firmin-Didot's well-known study of Alde Manuce (Aldus Manutius or Aldo Manuzio ca. 1450-1515), the famous Venetian printer, scholar, humanist, typeface inventor, Philhellene, and founder of the Aldine Press, and his involvement in printing and making available original classic Greek texts, in the context of Hellenism in Venice and elsewhere in the Renaissance. First published in Paris in 1875.Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876) was a scion of the famous Didot family of printers, publishers and booksellers. He was also a diplomat and Philhellene, and studied Greek under the famous scholar Adamantios Koraïs.647 pages.

Few scratches on hinge, slight discoloration of cover, mild age-browning of pages, Very little foxing. Five raised bands on spine, title, author and date gilt stamped in compartments. Aspin's classic, highly specific, detailed, interesting and actually quite readable accounts of naval and military campaigns and encounters with France, Spain, Native Americans, the new United States of America during the American Revolution, wars in India, as well as conflicts with Holland, Cuba, Napoleon, the storming of Algiers and the freeing of Christian slaves, etc.. Many coloured (aquatint) plates. 3 Page edges gilded. 784 pages. A rare and handsomely bound little book in Very Good condition.