RENE AUBERT DE VERTOT – HISTOIRE DES CHEVALIERS HOSPITALIERS DE ST. JAMES DE JERUSALEM

First edition. Chez Rollin, Quillau, Desaint, Paris, 1726. 4 volumes, 1st volume 696 p., 2nd volume 719 p., 3rd volume 552 p., 4th volume 428 p., 26.5x19.5 cm. 71 full-page engravings, 4 folded and 1 full-page maps. In full-leather binding of its period with ribbed and gilded pattern spines. Brunet V 1149, Graesse VI 288.

A MASTERPIECE ON ST JEAN CHEVALIERS OF JERUSALEM, WHO PARTICIPATED IN EVERY CRUSADE AND FOUGHT MANY BATTLES WITH BYZANTINES IN ANATOLIA, AND WITH THE AYYUBIS, THE SELJUKS AND THE OTTOMANS IN THE HOLY LAND AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN THE 11TH CENTURY.

FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN 1726…

71 FULL-PAGE EARLY WOODEN PLATE ENGRAVINGS OF PORTRAITS OF IMPORTANT KNIGHT MASTERS AND 4 FOLDED RARE MAPS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, CYPRUS, RHODES AND MALTA…

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