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SALADIN AND THE THIRD CRUSADE.
BOHADINUS (YUSUF IBN RAFFI IBN SHADDAD). 1145-1234. SCHULTENS, ALBERT. 1686-1750. EDITOR.
Vita et res gestae Sultani, almalichi alnasiri, Saladini Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1732.

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SALADIN AND THE THIRD CRUSADE.

BOHADINUS (YUSUF IBN RAFFI IBN SHADDAD). 1145-1234. SCHULTENS, ALBERT. 1686-1750. EDITOR. Vita et res gestae Sultani, almalichi alnasiri, Saladini Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1732.
4 parts in one. Folio (313 x 199 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, Arabic and Latin text in two columns. Rebacked preserving original calf covers and spine compartments decorated in gilt, armorially stamped in gilt on covers. Title page with repaired hole (excised ownership stamp), paper repair on verso of leaf 8*1, browning and spotting.

FIRST EDITION of Schultens's translation. Bohadinus, as he was known, wrote the only contemporary first-hand account of the life of Saladin and his exploits during the Third Crusade. Schultens was a professor of oriental languages, and curator of oriental books and manuscripts at the Library of the University of Leiden. Gay 2238.

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