Author: CHEW, SAMUEL C.
Title: The Crescent and the Rose: Islam and England During the Renaissance
Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 583 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Contents divided into the following sections: Tales and Tale-Bearers; The Classical and Biblical Past; The Present Terror of the World; The Great Turk; The Sophy and the Shi'a; A Great Plotter and Projector in Matters of State; The Greatest Traveller in his time; The Throne of Piracy; The Prophet and his Book; Festivities alla Turchesca and alla Moresca; Moslems on the London Stage. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Spine taped. Worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Crescent and the Rose: Islam and England During the Renaissance The Classical and Biblical Past; The Present Terror of the World; The Great Turk; The Sophy and the Shi'a; A Great Plotter and Projector in Matters of State; The Greatest Traveller in his. Fair .

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