Lot n° 221
Estimation :
500 - 800
EUR
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Result
: 870EUR
VERTOT (René Aubert de). Histoire des chevaliers hospitalier - Lot 221
VERTOT (René Aubert de). Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jérusalem, appelez depuis les chevaliers de Rhodes et aujourd'hui les chevaliers de Malte. A Paris, chez Rollin, Quillau, Desaint, 1726. 4 volumes in-4, contemporary tortoiseshell basane, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, green title and giblets, gilt roulette around the edges of the boards with angular fleurons, gilt roulette around the edges of the boards, gilt edges (minor rubbing, a few defects including rubbed corners and headbands; browning).
First edition dedicated to Dom Antoine Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. The most beautiful and esteemed, it is illustrated with 71 engraved hors-texte portraits, including that of the author in the frontispiece, and that of the dedicatee, and 6 engraved hors-texte maps, including 5 fold-outs.
The supplement to t.IV (Liste chronologique des frères chevaliers... de la vénérable langue d'Auvergne..., 221 pages) is here bound at the end of t.3, in order to preserve the balance of the volumes (nevertheless, the binder has interchanged the title-pieces).
Old signature repeated and washed: "Desfrançois ?
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