REPRINT EDITION. TWO VOLUME SET of the seminal work by the eminent Dutch scholar of Arabic language, history and literature - Reinhart Pieter Anne Dozy (1820-1883), in which he exposes the many tricks and falsehoods of the monks in their chronicles, and effectively demolishes a good part of the Cid legends. The third edition was completely revised by the author and published two years before his death in 1881. Includes appendices in Arabic. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 230x160mm. [XIV+388+LXXXIII] + [480+CXVII] pages. Green cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Spine edges very slightly bumped. Text block upper edge and inner cover age-stained. [VOL.I]: Rear cover bottom corner bumped. [SUMMARY]: This vast two volume monograph on Moorish medieval history and literature is otherwise in very good condition.