A HISTORY OF DEEDS DONE BY THE SEA [2 VOLUMES]
Book Details + Condition: Columbia University Press (New York). First Edition, 1943. Complete two-volume hardcover set. Pagination: 556 pp; 509 pp with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with foldout maps. Translated and annotated by Emily Atwater Babcock and A.C. Krey. Generally regarded as the first and most significant comprehensive history of the Crusades. William of Tyre (1130 - 1186) wrote "Historia Rerum Partibus Trans-Marinis Gestarum" (A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea) to record the history of the Crusades and the Kingdom of Jerusalem until 1184. Babcock and Krey's translation are considered some of the most important and accurate of the 20th century. Very scarce first edition set of this highly noted translation regarding the history of the Crusades.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Both volumes are in very good condition, with firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; toned endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings.
