Vertot,R.A.De.

Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, appellez depuis les chevaliers de Rhodes, et aujourd'hui les chevaliers de Malte. 4 vols. Paris 1726. 4to. With 1 gest. 6 (5 of which folded) copper engraved maps and plans and 70 engraved portrait plates, as well as 4 engraved head vignettes. Ldrbde. d. Zt. with ribbing, gilt edges a. gold stamped init. Init. "A.S." on covers. Lipperbeide Of 18th first edition. - Famous history of the Order of St. John and the Order of Malta, respectively. Published simultaneously with a five-volume non-illustrated edition in octavo. With maps of the Mediterranean (with the Near East), Rhodes, Palestine, Malta, as well as plans of Rhodes & Malta, The plates with portraits of the Grand Masters. - Some light spotting. - Maltese Order. 4 volumes. Leather bindings of the time with spine label. Partly slightly spotted.