ORDER OF MALTA.
Fine quality knight's sword of the Spanish Order of Malta.
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ORDER OF MALTA. Fine quality knight's sword of the Spanish Order of Malta. Finely chased gilt brass mounting. Pommel decorated with trophies of arms. Spindle bearing the Spanish coat of arms and a lion. Keyboard enriched with foliage (a little missing), adorned with a silver Maltese cross (white enamel remnant). Straight blade, with back and central flat spot, engraved "FAD TOLEDO 1855". Later leather scabbard with two gilded brass fittings. A.B.E. circa 1855. Of fine quality

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VERTOT (Abbé). Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem, appelle depuis les chevaliers de Rhodes, et aujourd'hui les chevaliers de Malte. Paris, Rollin, Quillau & Desaint, 1726. 4 volumes large in-4, granite calf, spines with ornate nerves. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Vertot, 4 title vignettes, 5 fold-out maps, a plan of Rhodes and 70 hors-texte portraits. At the end of volumes 3 & 4, there is a list of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, classified by region and country, a dissertation on the government of the Order of Malta, and the old and new statutes of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. A highly critical and accurate work, the most important on the subject. (Quérard X, 128; Brunet V, 1149.) A very fine copy in large paper.

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Letter to Cavalier Lacroix, genealogist of the Order of Malta. Bruges, 21 Juillet 1821 Bifolium. 255x210 mm. Text on first page, 2 blank pages, addressee on page 4: "Monsieur La Croix, Chevalier et genealogiste de l'ordre de malthe ... pres St Chaumont Paris." Black ink, red wax stamps and seal on address page. Good conservation. 'Monsieur le Chevalier ... mon nouveau brevet'. Joined with: Letter to Chevalier Lacroix, genealogist of the Order of Malta. Bruges, 22 Mai 1822 Bifolium. 238x200 mm. Text on two pages, page 3 blank, addressee on page 4: "Monsieur Lacroix, Chevalier ... archiviste et et genealogiste de l'ordre souverain de St. Jean de Jerusalem ... Paris." Black ink, stamps and red wax seal on address page. Good conservation. 'Je vous remercie beaucoup de la communication ... certainement que l'Ordre de Malte est reconnu en France et aussi aux Pays-Bas' These two letters, addressed to the French archivist and genealogist of the Order of Malta, concern an application for admission and recognition by the Netherlands of patents issued in Paris by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Letter to Knight Lacroix, genealogist of the Order of Malta.Bruges, 21 Juillet 1821 Bifolium. 255x210 mm. Text on the first page, 2 blank pages, recipient in the page 4: "Monsieur La Croix, Chevalier et genealogiste de l'ordre de malthe ... pres St Chaumont Paris." Black ink, red stamps and sealing wax in the page with address. Good condition. 'Monsieur le Chevalier ... mon nouveau brevet'. Buond with: Letter to Knight Lacroix, genealogist of the Order of Malta.Bruges, 22 Mai 1822 Bifolium. 238x200 mm. Text on two pages, page 3 is blank, page 4 with recipient: 'Monsieur Lacroix, Chevalier ... archiviste et et genealogiste de l'ordre souverain de St. Jean de Jerusalem ... Paris'. Black ink, red stamps and sealing wax on the page with address. Good condition. These two letters, addressed to the French archivist and genealogist of the Order of Malta, concern an admission request and the recognition by the Netherlands of the patents issued in Paris by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

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Vertot, René Aubert de - Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, Appelés Depuis Chevaliers de Rhodes et Aujourd'hui Chevaliers de Malte - Paris - chez Jean Desaint, rue Saint Jean de Beauvais - 1726 - 28 cm - hardcover Number of pieces: 4 Pages: T1: [12] + 696; T2: 719; T3: 552 + [219]; T4: 240 + [409] + XX pp. - T1: carte particulière de las Syrie et de l ́isle the Chypre... par Guillaume Delisle, 1726. Carte des îles Rhodiennes... par Guillaume Delisle. 28 Engravings by Karlt Sculp. T2: plan de rhodes. 20 engravings T3: carte des isles de malte. 5 engravings. T4: 19 engravings. First edition, the only one in large format. Complete edition with its 7 maps and its beautiful copper engraved portraits portraying the knights and masters of the order. The work remains one of the reference texts on the Knights of Malta, despite its commissioned nature. It contains the annals of the order from its foundation until the 1720s. The last volume contains the old and new statutes of the order and the list of knights.

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