De rebus gestis Richardi Angliae Regis in Palaestina. Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii Chronico Syriaco (Chronicon Syriacum)
De rebus gestis Richardi Angliae Regis in Palaestina. Excerptum ex Gregorii Abulpharagii Chronico Syriaco (Chronicon Syriacum)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1780
- Place of printing
- Oxonii (Oxford)
- Author
- Gregory Bar Hebraeus (Abulpharagius, Mor Gregorios Bar Ebraya) (, Richard Coeur De Lion, Lion-Heart, Lionhearted) (Paul Jacob Brun, S, Editor)
- Publishers
- printed at the Clarendon Press for J. & J. Fletcher, D. Prince &, J. Cooke
- Keyword
- coleantiq colemed richard coeur de lion saladin saladine english, medieval history syriac types
- Dust jacket
- False
- Languages
- English
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- True
Description
FIRST EDITION OF THIS EXCERPT OF THE CHRONICON SYRIACUM DEALING WITH RICHARD THE LION-HEART'S DEEDS IN THE HOLY LAND (often involving Saladin), WRITTEN BY GREGORY BAR HEBRAEUS, widely regarded as a highly reliable source. 20, XI pp. Syriac text and Latin translation. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS WITH ELEGANT SYRIAC AND ROMAN TYPES ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK LAID PAPER, WITH HUGE MARGINS. Bruns published this text, in part, as a specimen of his full edition of the Chronicon, published in 1789 (see Gentleman's Magazine, 1781, pp. 131-132. Also 1789, second part, pp. 1109-10.) 4to. Sewn into plain wraps, as issued. A bit of wear and tear to wraps, else A PRISTINE COPY, ENTIRELY UNCUT, BRIGHT, AND FINE. EXTREMELY RARE, IF NOT UNIQUE, IN THIS STATE.
