Histoire de Saladin, Sulthan d'Egypte et de Syrie. Avec une introduction, une histoire abergée de la dynatie des Ayoubites fondée par Saladin, des notes critiques historiques, geographiques, & quelques piéces justificatives. TWO VOLUMES.

Marin, [François-Louis-Claude].

Verlag: Van Daalen, La Haye, 1758

Beschreibung

Volume I: xx, 355 pp., / Volume II: 440 pp., [24 publisher?s catalogue], 3 folding maps of Jerusalem, the Crusader city of Acre which was taken by Saladin in 1187 and the region of Acre, contemporary marbled full calf, title gilt on raised decorated spine, title vignettes, marbled edges and end papers, Bookplate of Jacques Godemel verso front covers, small crack to top spine of volume 1, small tear to lower endpaper of volume 1 and front endpaper of volume 2, occasional light foxing, otherwise set in very good condition. François-Louis-Claude Marin was a man of letters, editor, journalist and French royal censor. His ? History of Saladin? is a testimony of the French enlightenment and embodies the struggle against religious fanaticism and every type of intolerance. It is characterised by the author?s conviction of the power of tolerance. In accordance with his anticlerical attitude he stood for the idea of tolerance depicted by the virtues of Saladin. For his history and biography, precisely documented and including cultural and historical correlation. Marin resort mainly to Arabic sources and compares these with those of Latin chroniclers of whom he is extremely critical.? Marc Edouard Enay ?The Crusades, The Era And Results?. The title was also published in the same year in Paris by Tilliard. Bibliographic References: Ibrahim Hilmy II, 17; Gay 2132; Brunet 28372; and Mayer 2075. Atabey 768; not in Blackmer. #33599. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008907

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Titel: Histoire de Saladin, Sulthan d'Egypte et de ...

Verlag: Van Daalen, La Haye

Erscheinungsdatum: 1758

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition