Vertot Histoire des... Chevaliers de Malte 1726
| Sold for | Osåld |
|---|---|
| Estimate | 15 000-18 000 SEK |
ORDER OF MALTA. (4). 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. I-IV. Paris (chez Rollin . Quillau - Desaint) 1726.
4:o (258x191 mm.). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 4 titles printed in red and black, 4 engraved vignettes, 6 engraved maps and plans, of which 5 folding or double-page, 70 engraved portraits (all).
Contemporary brown full calf, partly worn, some spotting, gilt inner borders, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spines in six compartments, partly with damages at head and foot, red edges. A few brownstains. On inside of upper covers a label with the name "Adrien d'Astorg". First edition. 4 volumes.
Collation: Vol. I: (12), 1-696, vol. II: (2), (1)-719, (1 blank), vol. III: (2), (1)-552, (1)-4, (2, last blank), vol. IV: (2), (1)-240, 1-408, 1-221, (1), i-xx pp.
Adrien d'Astorge, comte d'Astorg (1783-1849), French military, general.
Cohen - de Ricci, 1011.
